The role
The Role:
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 post holder will deliver and supervise high quality play activities to children & young people, aged 8 -15 years old (up to 25 with SEND) in the Adventure Playgrounds in the borough, in order to enable the service to achieve the aims and goals of relevant corporate plans and strategies in relation to children and young people.
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.
About You:
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 post holder will line manage and provide supervision, guidance and support to up to three FTE play workers, following Southwark’s performance management process.”
The post holder will also take the lead in the front line delivery of a programme of adventure play activities, working directly with children and young people to support their personal development and contributing to the achievement of relevant corporate targets.
Find out more about the role at our open evening on Wednesday 21st February 2024, 6.30pm at Damilola Taylor Centre, East Surrey Grove, Peckham SE15 6DR.
Additional salary details
X3 Vacancies (2 x 30 hour and 1 x 18 hour).
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
To find out more about the roles in the Youth and Play Service, please click on attached link: https://southwarkcouncil.promotingpeople.co.uk/youth-work/
Open Day:
Find out more at our Open evening On Wednesday 21st February 2024, 6.30pm at Damilola Taylor Centre, East Surrey Grove, Peckham SE15 6DR.
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on 29th February 2024
Interview and Assessment: 18th March 2024
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 initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Guaranteed 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
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