Cafe Volunteer

What is the role?

This is an outward-facing role that will involve serving customers, chatting to everyone visiting the café, and preparing food in a small coffee shop environment within the main Hospice building.

We currently have volunteer vacancies in our café for the following shifts:

Tuesday: 9.30am – 12.30pm

What will I be doing?

Role tasks:

• Cash handling, using a till to process payments from customers
• Providing a friendly and welcoming service to customers including, staff, visitors, patients and volunteers
• Preparing food to a high quality, and in accordance with FSA standards
• Ensuring the café area is kept clean, tidy and presented attractively

 Skills and Experience Required:

• Numerate and confident with handling money
• Good people and team-working skills
• A reasonable degree of physical fitness is required, as this is an active role
• Previous experience of catering and/or customer experience would be welcome, but is not essential

Personal Qualities Required:

• Friendly and welcoming to everyone in the Hospice community
• Sensitivity to the nature of the environment
• Willing to undertake training and comply with Food Standard Agency and Food Safety & Hygiene regulations
• Confident and able to work on own initiative, but also able to take direction when required