Relief Barista - Café Allrounder
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 26th July 2026
- Advertised from 16th July 2026
- £13.45/hr
Role
Upmo has been championing inclusion, creativity and independence for autistic and learning-disabled adults across Edinburgh and the Lothians since 2006. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to learn, grow and live a fulfilling life. Through a diverse range of creative, educational and community-based opportunities, we support our students to develop life skills, build confidence and realise their potential.
About The Role
Upmo is recruiting a relief Barista to work within our Upmo Eat cafés!
- Pay: £13.45 per hour
- Hours: Varied through the week to cover gaps in the team, between 08:30/09:00 - 17:00/17:30
- Open/Close/Peak/Full day shifts will be offered
- Location: Upmo Eat is currently
based within the following Edinburgh Leisure centres:
- Drumbrae Leisure Centre
- Ainslie Park
- Additionally, we operate an internal facing café at our own premises within St. Margret's House at Meadowbank
In this role, you will provide excellent customer service and refreshments to our café patrons while also maintaining a clean and tidy environment for them to enjoy.
Upmo Eat allows us to offer our students experience of public facing responsibilities within the catering and hospitality sector, and provide healthy food options to the communities we serve.
Duties
- Provide a positive customer experience for guests at our cafes
- Prepare food items and beverages from our Upmo Eat menu as well as updating and reviewing the menu
- Keep the café space clean and tidy
- Collaborate with Edinburgh Leisure staff to ensure health & safety procedures are followed on site
- Work closely with Project Workers and Students while they are at the café to ensure a positive student experience
- Open and close the café daily, including cashing-up and preparing end of day reports.
- Liaise with Suppliers to complete orders for consumables and stock
Essential Skills
- Experience of working in a café or restaurant environment in a similar role
- Knowledge of coffee and food preparation
- Knowledge of food hygiene and health & safety standards and practices
- Strong customer service focus
- Experience of cooking and preparing a range of dishes
- An ability to relate professionally and respectfully to people with learning disabilities
- An ability to work flexibly and autonomously as well as productively as part of a team based across Edinburgh
- Effective verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Training and/or qualifications in food standard regulations and to hold or obtain Food Safety Certificates
- An interest in progressing toward a Project Worker role, providing support and training to students whilst at the café
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autism
- Current and clean UK driving license
This role is subject to the following conditions:
- Membership of the PVG scheme through Disclosure Scotland for Protected Adults
- Receipt of 2 satisfactory references
- 6-month probation period
Upmo aims to ensure that no candidate is subject to unlawful discrimination, either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of gender, race (including colour, nationality or ethnic origin), disability, sexual orientation, marital status, part time status, age, religion or belief.
Upmo is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of autistic and learning-disabled adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to help maintain a safe and secure environment for all service users.
Benefits
- A rewarding role with a values-led organisation making a real difference
- Supportive, inclusive culture and a passionate, supportive leadership team
- 5% employer contribution to pension scheme with NOW: Pensions
- Rolled-up holiday pay, paid quarterly at a rate of 12.7% of pay for the period
- Annual employment anniversary award
- Employee Assistance Programme – inclusive of shopping discounts
- Edinburgh Leisure CAP gym membership
- Access to Blue Light Card
Application notes
To apply, please complete our online application form
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Support Workers & Relief Support Workers
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Edinburgh
- Closing 3rd October 2026
We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.
No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.
We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.
Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.
Relief/Casual pay rate- £13.45
Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.
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- Employer contributory pension scheme
- Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
- Paid annual leave entitlement
- Regular paid supervision sessions
- Regular paid training and development opportunities
- Daytime Monday to Friday working
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Freelance Assessor & Verifier Required – Health & Social Care
- Part time
- Sessional
- On site: Eskbank
- Closing 24th July 2026
ARC Scotland is seeking a Qualified Freelance Assessor and Internal Verifier to support delivery and quality assurance across health and social care qualifications.
We are looking for a professional with:
- Recognised Assessor and Internal Verifier qualifications.
- Strong occupational background across health and social care.
- Registerable qualifications and experience to deliver the Integrated Health and Social Care award at SCQF level 7, and Social Services and Healthcare awards at SCQF levels 6, 7 and 9.
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Our Communities are places where people with and without learning disabilities live, share and grow together. Our Edinburgh Community is made up of over 80 members - including people we support, employees, volunteers, long-term friends and members.
We are looking for someone with the leadership gifts, values and ambition to enable us to achieve our
2030 Strategy aims of:
- brilliant, person-centred support and housing for adults with learning disabilities, and
- beautiful community where people with and without learning disabilities share lives, homes, friendships and spiritual journeys together.
- effective organisation
This is a very varied role which includes both operational management and visible leadership. The Community Leader brings people together, leading Celebrations, spiritual spaces, role modelling the values of L’Arche and building a culture which empowers teams to flourish, as well as co-producing plans to develop the Community and the services which we provide. The Community Leader is also responsible for managing compliance, budgets, embedding systems, organisational processes and policies in the Edinburgh Community.
Alongside other Community Leaders across the UK and members of the National Team, you will also contribute to the development and delivery of projects focusing on: Finances, People, Care and Housing, to meet our ambitious 2030 Strategy.
But being Community Leader is more than just a job and we are looking for someone who wants to be part of a movement of hope and joy. In L'Arche, you will be part of changing the world, and you could be profoundly changed too.
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