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Form of work- Truly rewarding Disability Support Worker position within the hospitality industry.
- Join a supportive team in a fantastic environment and make a difference.
- Casual position located in Camberwell. Great hourly rate plus super
About VMCH
An exciting new social enterprise café is opening!
VMCH innovative new café, supporting people with disability to grow their job skills and independence requires a Disability Support Worker to support and train people. Located in Camberwell in a fantastic environment with great clientele our café aims to help people build skills and experience in a real-life working environment, on their pathway to finding paid employment.
Trainees will be supported by hospitality and Disability Support Workers in serving residents of our retirement living facility and their families and visitors with great coffee and food.
About the role
As a Café Disability Support Worker (DSW), you will provide hands-on mentoring to participants in the program to build their self-confidence, barista, housekeeping, food preparation and customer service skills and employability qualities. This position will ultimately support NDIS participants develop their personal & professional skills that will improve their independence and opportunities for securing employment.
This is a casual position, however there may be the possibility for the role to become permanent part-time.
This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity for either a qualified DSW or hospitality professional to grow into another industry while continuing to support individuals with a disability.
About you
You will be an experienced Disability Support Worker, along with your disability expertise, you will have customer service and barista experience within the hospitality industry.
Skills, experience & requirements
- Certificate IV Disability or similar
- Food Safety Handling Certificate (or willing to obtain)
- Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate (or willing to obtain)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Childrens Check
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
- Valid full Victorian Driver’s Licence
- Valid COVID-19 Vaccinations (including 3rd booster)
Why VMCH
Because the people we employ make it a great place to work! In addition, VMCH will provide you with:
- A rewarding and supportive work environment, with opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- A competitive salary, with salary packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay.
- A flexible and family-friendly work culture, with wellbeing initiatives and paid parental leave.
- Employee assistance program including employee, manager, career, conflict, nutrition and lifestyle, money, family, and legal assistance.
- An option to increase work hours to full-time by working across various disability programs if desired
- Discounted private health insurance and discounted school holiday care support.
- A chance to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disability and the community.
Don’t just take our word for it, take a look at what our staff are saying:
https://vmch.com.au/join-our-team/our-people/
About Us
Here at VMCH our services are as diverse as the people we support. As a for-purpose organisation, compassion, respect, and inclusion aren’t just words to us, they guide us in everything we do. While we’ve been around for over a century, we’re always moving forward. We stay true to who we are by supporting people and families to live their best lives, providing a place to call home and spaces to learn and grow.
If you meet the above criteria and are passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.
To work at VMCH, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, an Australian Criminal History Check, Evidence of Flu and Covid Vaccinations, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. You may also be required to supply an International Police Check.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes, emails and phone calls from recruitment agencies.
