Hillside Clubhouse will be launching a brand new community café from Highgate East inpatients facility. We want to make the café a warm, safe and supportive destination for the whole community, not just patients and visitors. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to grow and develop a community café and tackle stigmas associated with mental ill health.
The café manager will be instrumental in launching the café, so it is important that you feel confident and happy working under your own initiative as well as leading a small team.
Most importantly, we are looking for people who are passionate about coproduction, food and community!
Job Description
Community Engagement: Work with the Director of Clubhouse Operations, local community groups and partners to ensure the café is a daytime destination and meets the needs of the local community.
Budget Management: Working with the Executive Director and Director of Clubhouse Operations to manage the income and expenditure for the café. Ensuring the daily and weekly cashing up is done accurately.
Supply Management: Ensure the kitchen minimises waste and has the produce required throughout the week. Manage the stock taking with the kitchen team.
People Management: Supervise and manage the cafe team including paid staff and Hillside Clubhouse members.
Menu Creation: Working with the local community, Hillside members and the kitchen team to develop seasonal menus that are reasonably priced.
Partnership Working: Maintaining a good working relationship with the Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust and the team based at Highgate East Mental Health Hospital.
Health and Safety Management: Manage the health and safety procedures for all food and beverage provision including regular checks, inspections and reviews. Ensuring all staff and volunteers comply with health and safety policies and procedures.
Safeguarding: Safeguarding lead on-site and being responsible for the safeguarding of vulnerable adults access the café.
General: Ensuring the café is following the policies and procedures of Hillside Clubhouse and being flexible in the support of the café and wider Hillside organisation.
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other tasks the post-holder is required to undertake.