Cafe / Disability Support Worker

• Exciting social enterprise café in Nunawading
• Truly rewarding disability support worker position within the hospitality industry.
• Join a supportive team in a fantastic environment and make a difference.
• Casual positions, competitive salary and NFP Salary Packaging

About VMCH

VMCH innovative café, supporting people with disability to grow their job skills and independence requires a Disability Support Worker with hospitality experience to support and train clients.  Located in Nunawading in a fantastic environment our café aims to help people build skills and gain experience in a real-life working environment, on their pathway to finding paid employment.

Trainees will be supported by hospitality and disability support workers in serving customers great coffee and food.

About the role

As a Café Disability Support Worker (DSW), you will provide hands-on mentoring to participants in the program to build their self-confidence, barista, food preparation and customer service skills and employability qualities. This position will ultimately support NDIS participants develop their personal & professional skills that will improve their independence and opportunities for securing employment.

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

This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity for either a qualified DSW or hospitality professional to grow into another industry while continuing to support individuals with a disability.

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 Disability or similar
• Food Safety Handling Certificate (or willing to obtain)
• Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate (or willing to obtain)
• Outstanding Customer service skills
• Great communication, organisation and time management skills
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children's Check
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificate

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, a NDIS Screening Check and Working with Children Check.

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