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“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future”

Franklin D Roosevelt 

Space delivers professional youth work, community projects and other services to ensure young people have the very best opportunities to succeed. 

We are driven by our values, we bring passion, integrity and collaboration through all of our work and provide a wide range of targeted, needs-led, and professional services.

Supporting young people from all circumstances and backgrounds to learn, create and realise their potential by providing spaces to hang out safely with peers, talk about things they can’t ask their parents, gain confidence and try new things.

We can’t do any of that without the amazing team that we continue to grow and we are always looking for talented and motivated people to join us…

Are you passionate about unlocking potential with young people?

Do you share our values?

Would you like to work in a fantastic, supportive team in a beautiful part of the Country?

Current Vacancies

Check out our vacancies and contact our Recruitment team for more details.

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Why Join Space?

Be part of an amazing team

99% of colleagues said that Space was a supportive, understanding, flexible and communicative employer, who prioritised wellbeing above all else.

Find your passion and grow it

We are a learning organisation. We offer lots of opportunities for people to develop; formal and informal training, coaching, cross team project working, secondments and apprenticeships.

Enjoy flexible working

Blended working from home, flexible office/youth centre locations, online working across teams via Google Meet and Chat.

Flexible working hours.

Get 24/7 support

Employee support from Health Assured available 24/7.

On-call managers for evening work support.

Trained wellbeing champions here for a chat.

Experience a values-based culture

Annual work reviews based on demonstration of our values.

Feel our values in everything we do, in every building and in every team.

We value diversity and champion equality across our services.

Feel equipped to do your role

Thorough induction to welcome you into the organisation and get you up to speed.

NJC and JNC Terms and Conditions for Youth Workers.

Generous annual leave, salary scales and pension benefits.

SPACE is committed to safeguarding and promoting the equality and welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An insight into Youth Work

Our people