Volunteer in our Cafe Oaklands Park Lodge, 393 Morphett Road, Oaklands Park, SA 5046

Do you know your way around a coffee machine and have a passion for supporting older Australians?

We're looking for volunteers for our residential aged care cafes - creating social connections and welcoming spaces to improve the quality of life of our valued residents.

What You’ll Be Doing

Serving with a Smile: Prepare and serve coffee, tea, and light refreshments to our residents, staff, and visitors, creating a warm and welcoming environment.Creating Connections: Build relationships with our residents, offering a friendly chat while you serve their favourite drinks and snacks.Keeping the Café Clean & Cozy: Help maintain the café’s cleanliness and organisation, making sure everything is ready for a relaxing experience.

What We’re Looking For

Experience: Some experience working with coffee machines or in food service environments would be ideal for this role.Heart: A genuine passion for supporting seniors and making their day a little brighter.People Skills: Friendly, patient, and a great listener - our residents love a chat so be ready to swap a story and spread positivity

Why Volunteer with Us?

Make a difference: Ask any of our valued volunteers and they will tell you that giving back through volunteering is incredibly rewarding and makes you feel great.Flexible Shifts: Cafe Volunteer shifts can be for a little as 2 hours and on days that suit you - whether that’s during the week or on a weekend.Wellbeing benefits: Every volunteer has access to our wellbeing program, offering exclusive benefits and discounts on a range of everyday products and services. *conditions apply

This opportunity is suitable for Centrelink participants

If you’re excited to bring your café skills to our vibrant aged care community, we’d love to hear from you! Let’s make connections that make a difference!

Want to learn more?

Call our friendly team on 1800 852 772 to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

About Southern Cross Care

Established as a charitable not-for-profit in 1968, Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc. has been providing quality aged care, health and retirement living services to members of the community for more than 55 years. Our services include Health & Fitness, Home Care, Retirement Living, Residential Care and Respite. Our vision is to support our community to be Better for life.