Southwark Youth and Play Service
Looking for a senior playworker to deliver and supervise high quality play activities to children & young people, aged 8 -15 years old (up to 25 with SEND) in Southwark’s adventure playgrounds.
Hours: 30 hours/week, Tues-Sat
Salary: £28,562.50 per annum (pro rata £34,275 at 36 hrs/wk).
Closing date: 31 May 2026
Interviews: 09/10 June 2026
To apply: click here to visit the Southwark jobs pages for more info and to apply online. JOB REF SC07925
The Youth & Play Service are responsible for providing positive activities borough wide for young people aged 11 to 19 years (25 years with SEN) as well as delivery of Adventure Playgrounds for children aged 8 to 15 years. These services are provided in a variety of building based youth centres and adventure playgrounds across the borough. The service also delivers the Youth Parliament, a commissioning programme of grants for organisations and individuals, the digital youth offer (One Hub) and strategic work with a variety of partners from both the statutory and voluntary sector.
The Role
The post holder will manage the day-to-day operation and development of an open access play facility and play workers, delivering play opportunities, across all play types, to children and young people.
The successful applicant will have experience of developing, facilitating and delivering adventure play activities and facilities for children and/or young people, and their maintenance; and have a recognised youth work and/or play work qualification (Level 3) or equivalent
The post reports to the Play Team Leader and has line management responsibility for up to three FTE play workers
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.
