Cafe All Rounder – Multiple Locations

Great coffee. Big Impact.

About the role

Looking for an opportunity to build your hospitality experience, grow a diverse skillset and be part of a café with a purpose? Look no further!

The Little Social is Youth Projects’ social enterprise café. Alongside serving great coffee and food, our cafés create opportunities for young people to gain practical experience, develop workplace skills and take meaningful steps towards employment.

We’re looking for entry level hospitality staff with high energy and great customer service/interpersonal skills. If this sounds like you, apply today!

This role is based across multiple locations, such as: Footscray hospital, Wyndham law Courts, Port Melbourne and other inner city locations

What you’ll be doing

• Making and serving coffee and other drinks
• Taking customer orders and using a point-of-sale system
• Preparing and serving food
• Providing friendly customer service
• Keeping café and service areas clean and organised
• Working as part of a busy and supportive team
• Building the confidence and skills needed for future employment

About you

This could be a great fit if you:

• Are interested in hospitality, cafés or customer service
• Enjoy meeting and helping different people
• Are reliable, willing to learn and ready to have a go
• Can work well in a team and move between different tasks
• Want to build practical skills and real workplace experience

Hospitality or barista experience may be helpful for some opportunities, but you do not need to have everything figured out before expressing your interest.

More about us, The Little Social 

At The Little Social you’re serving more than just a hot drink on a cold morning, you’re giving the community the power to contribute to a wider cause, one that they believe in! We are looking beyond the cup of coffee in front of us and using our platform as a tool to empower young people to lead meaningful lives. Each young person has a platform at The Little Social to build self-confidence, gain key employability skills and genuine work experience in a supportive and judgement free environment.

The Little Social is powered by Youth Projects – an independent, registered charity who provides front line support to individuals and young people experiencing disadvantage, homelessness, unemployment, alcohol and other drug issues through a range of holistic and wrap around support services. Youth Projects is on a mission to provide high impact support, without judgement, full stop. 

Why join us?

Working at The Little Social means being part of something bigger than a café job. You’ll join a passionate team where coffee, food, and community come together, and every shift supports life-changing work through Youth Projects.

What’s in it for me?

• A workplace driven by purpose, people, and impact.
• Weekday shifts only, no late nights or weekends. A supportive team with opportunities to grow and learn.
• Flexible work environment and focus on wellbeing
• Salary packaging benefits to boost your take-home pay.
• Endless locally roasted coffee (the good stuff).

Ready to apply?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your resume and cover letter via the “Apply for the Job” button.

Recruitment will be undertaken as applications are received, and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Recruitment for this position will be undertaken as applications are received, and only successful applicants will be notified. Please note that it is a requirement of all Youth Projects positions that the successful applicant holds a valid Working Children’s Check or Police Check. 

Our commitment to diversity: At Youth Projects, we value diversity and believe that people from a range of backgrounds bring a variety of ideas, perspectives, and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome, and value unique contributions and encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and Indigenous candidates. 

Safety screening: Youth Projects is committed to being a child-safe organisation, providing an environment where children who come into contact with the organisation feel safe. Youth Projects has zero tolerance.