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OUR PROGRAMS

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Build real-world skills and confidence in a supportive café environment.

Cook + Connect @Work is a hospitality-based work experience program designed for NDIS participants who want to gain practical café skills in a real workplace. Held at Ben’s Café in Lawson, the program provides hands-on training, teamwork, and customer service experience in a welcoming, inclusive setting.

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What You'll Gain

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Real café work experience

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Confidence in customer service and teamwork

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Stronger food safety and hygiene skills

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Practical baking, prep, and service skills

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Improved time management and ability to follow instructions

How it Works

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WHEN: 10-week terms, 1 day per week

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WHERE: Ben’s Café, Lawson

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SESSION LENGTH: 4.5 hours of direct support each week

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NEW TO HOSPITALITY? Start with Cook+Connect @Centre to learn the basics before stepping into a café setting

What’s Included

  • 10-week term (1 day per week, 4.5 hours of direct support)

  • Front and back-of-house training in a café open to the public

  • Practical café tasks: waiting tables, serving customers, clearing, baking, and prep work

  • Guidance in food safety, hygiene, knife skills, and time management

  • Tasks tailored to your goals and abilities, with visual supports available

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Cost & NDIS Funding

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Program cost: $3,602.70 per 10-week term

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NDIS funding may be claimed under:

  • Individual Employment Support

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Many participants choose to complete multiple terms to continue building skills and confidence

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R dropped in to tell us that his son K who participated in the @Work program had got a job at the Fairmont resort. He wanted to say a big thank you to the staff at Ben's café and the NDIS team to say that they contributed a great deal to K's success at getting a job.
Thank you for all the support you have given A over the six years. The connections she had at C&C were very important and the caring professionalism of the staff very impressive and much appreciated by her parents.

M Bate & I Brown

Barbara really loves coming to the Cook+Connect group and that she is really excited to be learning to cook from someone who is a chef.
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