Café Supervisor
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Main Purpose: To support the Café and Kitchen Manager in day to day running of the CareTrade’s Café Traineeship Programme at the Southwark Resource Centre, SE17 providing hands on work-based training to autistic jobseekers interested in catering and hospitality careers
This post is based on a full-time salary of £28,000 per annum. Holiday is based on annual leave of 5 weeks plus bank holidays.
Reporting to: Café and Kitchen Manager
Line Management responsibility: Café Assistant and between 3 and 4 Trainee Café Assistants (at any one time)
Working with: Southwark Resource Centre Management, Café and Kitchen Manager, Larcom Kitchen Chef, CareTrade Head of Education, TAP Project Coordinator, Administrator and CEO, Café Assistant, Trainee Café Assistants
Place of work: Southwark Resource Centre, Hithard Court, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2 QB and CareTrade’s Office, Larcom House, 9 Larcom Street, SE17 1RT
Core Responsibilities:
1. Supervising CareTrade Café throughout the school year (including half terms)
2. To work with the Café and Kitchen Manager to write and prepare training materials for the Trainee Café Assistants
3. Oversee the training of the Trainee Café Assistants (young people with autism) during work placement
4. Monitor the progress of Trainees and write end of placement reports
5. Line Manage the Café Assistant and the Trainee Café Assistants and report to Café and Kitchen Manager
6. To work closely with the Southwark Resource Manager and CareTrade to develop marketing materials and promotions for the Café and Community involvement
7. Responsible for opening and locking up the café and cashing up
8. Prepare coffee and food including: baking cakes, making sandwiches, salads, cooking hot meals.
9. Restock/refill items as necessary and list items that need ordering from suppliers.
10. Check stock in fridge for out of date products and dispose of as necessary.
11. Customer service including taking orders, serving customers and cash handling.
12. Maintain coffee machine including set up, cleaning and refilling with beans.
13. Ensure daily cash up form is filled in and money is in safe.
14. Ensure café is ready for customers on opening.
15. Create a welcoming and professional environment.
16. To help raise awareness of autism amongst customers.
17. To keep the café clean and ensure a high standard of hygiene.
18. To ensure food safety guidelines and laws are adhered to.
19. To ensure a Healthy and Safe working environment for self, staff, trainees and customers.
General Responsibilities:
1. To attend all staff meetings and participate in staff development as required.
2. Promote a positive image of autism, the Project, Southwark Resource Centre, Project partners and CareTrade.
3. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining good relationships with outside agencies and the general public in order to promote the charity and win increased support for its work
4. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining harmonious inter-personal relationships. Ensure that your conduct within and outside of your work place does not conflict with professional expectations.
5. Ensure an awareness and observation of Fire and Health and Safety Regulations at the work place.
6. Ensure the respect, dignity and rights to privacy of both students and staff as far as possible.
7. Work within all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre policies and procedures, in particular Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Data Protection.
8. Carry out any duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job and the title of the post, as required by your Line Manager.
The job description reflects the present requirements of the post. You will be expected to carry out other activities that are within the scope of the role.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check prior to starting.
Confidentiality: All staff are required to maintain confidentiality for all areas of the CareTrade Charitable Trust, partner organisations, its staff, and its work. The nature of the work entrusts people with confidential information about clients/service users, their families and staff within CareTrade and partner organisations. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and adults who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB check) prior to starting.
Applications are sought from all suitably qualified sections of the community.
Job Types: Full-time (Monday to Friday) or part-time
Pay: £28,000.00 per year pro rata
Work Location: In person
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Supporting autistic and neurodiverse adults into employment
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
