Community Café Volunteer

Midland Mencap; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused charity in Birmingham seeks volunteers for their café. You will assist with food preparation, serving, and maintaining the café environment. Ideal candidates should have cooking experience and good communication skills. The role offers training and the chance to make a difference in the community. Flexible volunteering schedule available.

Benefits

Training and development

Travel expenses covered

Community involvement

Qualifications

• Experience of regularly cooking a variety of meals.
• Basic kitchen skills and ability to learn.
• Good communication skills and approachability.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the day to day running of the café.
• Help with food preparation, serving, and cleaning.
• Run the till point when necessary.

Skills

Cooking experience

Basic kitchen skills

Good communication skills

IT skills to run till

Teamwork

Time management

Job description

Who are Midland Mencap?

Midland Mencap is a charity which offers accessible and inclusive services and a better quality of life for everyone with experience of learning disabilities and additional needs. Volunteering with Midland Mencap is your opportunity to help us achieve our vision.

Purpose of the role?

Our Happy Bean Café in Weoley Castle Community Centre is a thriving and busy café area where visitors, staff or our citizens and their carers can enjoy hot or cold food, a drink or just sit and chat with their friends.

We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers who would like to assist us in the day to day running of the community café!

What would I be doing?

• Help our regular community cook with general running of the café – Basic food preparation, cooking, serving drinks and meals, setting tables, clearing away, general tidying up, washing up etc.
• Helping to run the till point
• Successful volunteers may have the opportunity to occasionally run the kitchen in the absence of the cook if they are confident!
• Being a friendly face to people using our Community Café!

What do I need?

• Experience of regularly cooking a variety of meals
• Some experience of group catering would be ideal but not essential
• Basic kitchen skills and the ability to learn – we can provide food hygiene certificate training if needed
• Ability to operate safely and independently in a kitchen environment
• Basic IT skills to run the till point
• Being approachable and friendly, building a rapport with customers
• Good communication skills
• Accepting of others who might be different to you and the ability to work as part of a diverse team
• A willingness to learn and work within guidelines set out by Midland Mencap
• Honesty, integrity and trustworthy
• Good time management skills, reliability
• An enhanced DBS check will be required by all successful applicants.

When and where do you need me?

Our community café is open Monday – Friday 8:30am – 2:30pm

We also host a monthly Friday night Disco and various events throughout the year!

Choose the days suit you.

We are looking for volunteers to ideally attend at least once a week.

Weoley Castle Community Centre, Bottetourt Rd, Birmingham B29 5TE

What’s in it for me?

As one of our valued volunteers, Midland Mencap will offer you:

• The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and their family carers
• An induction and settling in period
• Any training and development that is needed
• The chance to develop your skills and gain experience
• The opportunity to meet new people and be part of a diverse team
• Support within your role
• Any out-of-pocket travel expenses
• Lots of appreciation for your amazing contribution

What to do if you’re interested?

Download and complete the Volunteering application form here on our website.

Email the completed application form to [e-mail].

For more information or an informal chat, call 0121 442 2944 and speak to someone about how volunteering could work for you.