Community Café Chef Mentor

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and community minded individual who is passionate about helping people learn, grow, and reach their potential. This role would be ideal for someone with experience in teaching, training, coaching, youth work, mentoring, or supporting individuals to develop skills and confidence.

The successful candidate will understand how everyday experiences can become valuable learning opportunities and will enjoy creating a welcoming, supportive environment where people feel safe, respected, and encouraged. They will be confident in working with individuals from a range of backgrounds, including those facing personal or social challenges, and will be committed to helping them build confidence, develop practical skills, and progress on their journey.

Mentoring & Support

• You will provide friendly, day-to-day mentoring and support in a welcoming café environment. You will build positive, trusting relationships that boost confidence and wellbeing, while helping individuals develop life skills, routine, and work readiness. Through supportive 1:1 and small group sessions you will focus on empowering those facing challenges such as homelessness or social exclusion.

Training & Development

• You will deliver hands-on training in café operations, including food prep, hygiene, customer service, and teamwork, while supporting individuals to build transferable skills for employment or further training. Adapting your approach to suit different learning styles and abilities, you will create simple and engaging training materials to help individuals grow and succeed.

Programme Delivery & Administration

• You will plan and schedule café activities and training programmes that support participant development recording outcomes, tracking progress, and gathering feedback to monitor impact, which will support external funding. Throughout the role you will work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to deliver joined-up, effective support to everyone accessing the café. 

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who believes in the power of community, enjoys supporting others to succeed, and has a real passion for food development and training, skills which will help our Bradbury Café Team make a real difference in people's lives.

Salary Range : 

• £17,533 - £18,903 annual salary based upon 25 hours per week  

Working Pattern :

• Monday - Friday (hours to meet the needs of mentoring programme)