Additional Cafe Assistant, Southport
Salary: Up to £12.21 per hour Contract Type: Permanent Hours: As and when required Job Reference Number: AB-MCACA Job Location: England Job Area: Ainsdale, Southport Closing Date: 12th October 2025
Reference: AB-MCACA
Location: Southport
Hours: As and when required (Bank)
Salary: Up to £12.21 per hour
Are you enthusiastic, friendly, and love being part of a vibrant community? MeCycle Café in Southport is looking for Additional Café Assistants to join our team on a part-time or casual basis!
About MeCycle Café: MeCycle Café isn’t just a café—it’s a lively social hub and bike shop. Owned by Autism Initiatives, our café is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where autistic individuals can gain valuable work experience. Established in 2011, we started by recycling and refurbishing donated bikes. Now, we’re a beloved spot for locals and cyclists from all over, serving up delicious home-cooked food, cakes, and special treats.
We offer a fantastic selection of bikes, from new ones to lovingly refurbished classics, and provide expert repairs by our Cytec qualified bike mechanics. Our café is a hotspot for cyclists from North Wales, Manchester, Chorley, and beyond. It’s a place where families, couples, and groups gather to enjoy barista coffees, exciting teas, cold drinks, beers, wines, and homemade goodies.
About the Role: We’re looking for someone with a knack for excellent communication and a passion for providing outstanding customer service. Whether you’re good with food or just love serving up smiles, we want to hear from you. Flexibility is key, as you’ll need to be available for evenings and weekends, including some shifts involving bar work, food preparation, or event support. Don’t worry if you don’t have a Food and Hygiene Certificate—we’ll provide all the training you need!
Why Join Us? At MeCycle, you’ll be part of a team that’s making a real difference. We work alongside local schools to create meaningful work placements for young autistic people. Your role will help them gain valuable work and social skills, boost their confidence and self-esteem, improve their health and wellbeing, and support them into employment.
The Closing date for completed applications is 12th October 2025
Additional Information:
* All positions are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, with costs covered by Autism Initiatives.
* Café Assistants work on a rota basis, including weekends and evenings.
How to Apply: Ready to join our fun and dedicated team? Apply now by completing an application form on our website: https://autisminitiativesjobs.org/jobs/additional-cafe-assistant/
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. For more information about us, visit www.autisminitiatives.org.
Benefits of working with us
In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.
Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:
* Monthly staff cash prize draw
* Your birthday off work every year
* Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more
* Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance
* Additional paid holidays after 1, 2 and 3 years’ service
* Extra paid holidays in milestone service years
* Financial wellbeing programme providing flexible access to pay
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Wagestream financial planning and support App – enables you to access money earned before pay day, set up savings and gain control of your finances
Before you start
Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:
* Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
* Relevant qualifications to the role
* A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer
* For further tips on completing your application, please refer to our download in the “Apply Now” section
If you’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of our recruitment team will be in touch.
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Equality & Diversity
We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and we want to encourage people with disabilities to apply. All applicants who tick ‘yes’ to having a disability—and who meet the essential criteria within the job description—will be invited to attend an interview. If you are invited to attend an interview, our Recruitment Team will be in touch to facilitate any reasonable adjustments.
We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident Employer. Please contact HR for further information.
References
Please provide details of at least two referees, the first of which must be your current or most recent employer. If you have held a previous role within the Health and Social Care Sector, you are required to provide referee details for this employment. Referees will be contacted if you are successful at interview. Employment is offered subject to successful completion of pre-employment checks including two satisfactory references.
Further Information
In order to match successful applicants to appropriate services, please advise if you know any staff or persons supported at any of our services.
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Autism Initiatives Group is a charity and employer. If you’d like assistance in finding a role, our recruitment team can help.
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