Social Enterprise Café Coordinator

Do you have previous experience in the food service industry and looking for a change? If so, join Arbury Court as a Social Enterprise Café Coordinator and change the lives of women, over the age of 18, with Personality Disorder and Mental Illness.

As the Social Enterprise Café Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day to day running of the social enterprise café which is run by service users. You will be providing training, support and supervision for service users to ensure skill development and satisfaction in their role.

You will co-produce with service users, menu’s for the café, support and develop food-based events including initiatives to build awareness and contribute to positive wellbeing through the cafes menu as well as providing training courses for service users, projects and developing partnerships with local services.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be supported regionally and will have access to a variety of training and online courses to support your career development and growth. 

As a Social Enterprise Café Coordinator, you will be:

• Planning menus, sourcing ingredients in line with the café ethos.
• Developing and leading the production of food products for sale in the café.
• Ensuring a professional level of customer service is always delivered by all café staff.
• Developing and managing relationships with customers, workers, and suppliers to ensure the efficient running of the café and to create a warm and welcoming environment.
• Coordinating the café workers to ensure the café is adequately staffed.
• Facilitating cooking courses for workers.
• Providing individual training support for café workers and provide an induction for all new café workers.
• Assisting Occupational Therapists, Nurses and other MDT staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans.
• Working collaboratively with patients /service users to identify and work towards their recovery focused goals
• Maintaining adequate records, entering details in the service user healthcare records.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in a similar environment & Mental Health
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Level 3 food hygiene certificate or willing to work towards
• Previous experience in the food service industry
• The ability to support a team with varying talents and skills and work on own initiative
• Experience of supervising staff
• Strong interest in, or knowledge of special dietary requirements and wholesome food.
• Be able to support, mentor and encourage workers to develop new skill and confidence and prepare for the workplace.

Where you will be working:

Location: Townfield Lane, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8TR

You will be working at Arbury Court, a service that provides care and treatment for women in differing levels of security, enabling clear care pathways and a positive patient experience.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team focusing on medium, low Secure and psychiatric intensive care PICU) for women, over the age of 18, with Personality Disorder and Mental Illness. The treatment approach at Arbury Court which is rehabilitation and recovery dictates that care is ‘person-centred’ as opposed to ‘disease-centred’.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,740
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals 
• Free parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.