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2023 ‘Café of the Year’ Award Winner (Southport BIDs ‘Your Southport Star’ awards).

Café Assistant, Southport

(AGLP-CA25)

39 hours per week

£12.21 per hour

Are you passionate about Baking? Café Culture? Great coffee?

A Great Little Place is a multi-award winning Café in Southport who bake and create delicious food and sumptuous cakes in their own kitchens. It is a Social enterprise owned by Autism Initiatives, where the team share a passion for supporting adults with Autism in work. If you would like a rewarding job within a committed team, find out more by reading below and applying to join us.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Café Assistant in the Southport area, on a permanent basis.

Ideally, you will be competent and confident baking and preparing home cooked food in greater volumes, or be able to provide a service which exceeds customer expectations.

You will be required to work on a rota basis including weekends.

Excellent communication skills and a commitment to exceptional customer service is crucial. A Food and Hygiene Certificate would be an advantage although not essential.

As part of this role our Café Assistants also contribute to supporting autistic people with work based learning placements within the café. This will include customer service skills and preparation of food and drinks.

Below is some lovely feedback we have received about what we do at A Great Little Place.

“I am really impressed with the service that Autism Initiatives provide for young people at A Great Little Place. To be able to access a placement that is safe, welcoming and above all totally inclusive is just fantastic. Of course every environment is only as good as its staff and they are simply amazing”

These positions are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure for the successful applicants, costs of which will be met by Autism Initiatives.

The closing date for completed application forms is midday 02/11/2025

This position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). The cost of which will be met with by Autism Initiatives.

How do I apply?

If you are interested in applying for this position and making a difference to someone’s life then please complete the application form by clicking the “ apply now” tab on the left.

The Job description and person specification can also be found above the application form, on the apply now tab.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

• Monthly staff cash prize draw
• Your birthday off work every year
• Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more
• Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance.
• Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
• Extra paid holidays in milestone service years
• Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Career break scheme
• Wagestream financial planning and support App – enables you to access money earned before pay day, set up savings and gain control of your finances

Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:

• Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
• Relevant qualifications to the role
• A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer.
• For further Tips on completing your application, please refer to our download on the “Apply Now” section.

If you’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of recruitment team will be in touch.

Thinking of joining Autism Initiatives? Read why our amazing staff teams are #ProudtoworkHere

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