Cafe Disability Support Worker

Be part of a purpose-driven café that blends great coffee with meaningful impact

- Support individuals in building skills, confidence, and community connections

- Enjoy a friendly team culture and supportive management

- Casual shifts available with competitive pay and generous Not-for-Profit salary packaging

About VMCH

VMCH’s innovative social enterprise café in Kensington is on the lookout for a passionate Disability Support Worker with hospitality experience to help people with disability build job skills, confidence, and independence.

In this hands‑on role, you’ll support and train our café trainees as they gain real‑world experience in a welcoming, inclusive environment. Working alongside hospitality and disability professionals, you’ll help deliver great coffee, great food, and even greater opportunities.

About the role

In this hands‑on role, you’ll guide trainees in developing barista, food prep, and customer service skills—helping them grow personally and professionally on their journey toward employment and independence.

Whether you're a qualified DSW or a hospitality professional looking to make a meaningful career shift, this is a truly rewarding opportunity to make a difference in a vibrant, inclusive café environment.

This is a casual position, covering opening hours of 7.00am – 3.00pm.

About you

You will be an experienced Disability Support Worker; along with your disability expertise, you will have customer service and barista experience within the hospitality industry.

Skills, experience & requirements

- Experience in the hospitality and/or disability sector

- Certificate IV in Disability (preferred but not essential)

- Food Safety Handling Certificate (or willing to obtain)

- Experience and confidence operating a coffee machine (preferred)

- Confident and capable of teaching and training hospitality skills (essential)

- Outstanding customer service skills

- Excellent communication, organizational and time‑management skills

- NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check

- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate

- Compassionate and empathetic individuals who are looking for something more and want to make a difference

If you have the skills and experience for this role, please Apply Now.

Why VMCH

Because the people we employ make it a great place to work In addition, VMCH will provide you with:

- A collaborative and energetic team environment

- A competitive salary

- Excellent salary packaging benefits

- Ongoing professional development

- A positive and supportive workplace culture

- Employee Assistance Program

- Grow your skills while helping others live more independently

- A chance to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disability and the community.

About us

VMCH is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, providing services including affordable housing, residential aged care, retirement living, community and disability services and specialist education to 7,600 people across Victoria. We operate in over 50 locations, have 3,300+ employees and over 600 volunteers maintaining our 24/7 service to vulnerable people across Victoria.

Here at VMCH our services are as diverse as the people we support. As a for‑purpose organisation, love, joy, hospitality, and courage aren’t just words to us—they guide us in everything we do. While we’ve been around for over a century, we’re always moving forward. We stay true to who we are by supporting people and families to live their best lives, providing a place to call home and spaces to learn and grow.

As an employee of VMCH you will be provided with ongoing personal and professional development, career pathways opportunities, a positive and supportive workplace culture, and excellent salary packaging benefits.

If you meet the above criteria and are passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you

To work at VMCH, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, an NDIS Screening Check and Working with Children Check.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes, emails and phone calls from recruitment agencies.

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