Youth Worker
About Southwark
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service DBS check at Enhanced level.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
The role
After delivering significant improvement following a major review of youth services in 2020, we are now moving into the next phase of development, starting by bring together the youth and play services.
This role is pivotal in delivery of high quality youth work provision. To deliver universal and targeted activities for children and young people to enable the service to achieve the aims and goals of relevant corporate plans and strategies in relation to children and young people. To maintain and deploy a diverse range of resources to support the delivery of said activities and targets of the service.
By taking part in the operational delivery of youth and play services, the role will be instrumental in ensuring that we deliver consistently excellent services and positive outcomes for young people.
The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to providing high quality youth and play services. You will be a collaborative team player and keen to play your part to shaping the future direction of the youth and play service.
About You:
The post holder will have first-hand experience of youth and play services, front line delivery and is successfully able to engage young people in positive activities. They will be an active champion for young people, supporting, advocating for and ensuring that they are heard and understood as provision for them in the borough is developed.
Their passion and enthusiasm for the delivery of excellent services will be matched by their experience of the following;
- Experience of working with and supervising groups of young people from various backgrounds - Aged 11- 19
- Experience of engaging groups of young people in a centre based environment
- The ability to support in the planning and delivery of a bespoke Easter and summer school holiday activity programmes
- An awareness of youth related health & safety, risk assessments and site inspection requirements
- Good communication skills and experience of working as part of a team.
- Computer literacy and ability to use Microsoft office
This is an exciting opportunity for a capable, ambitious and energetic team player who is keen to deliver excellent services for children and young people in Southwark.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 23/09/2025
Interviews provisional date w/c 06/10/2025Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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Salary range
- £31,884 - £36,888 per year