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Job ID: 129863

Barista

Immediate start available | Flexible full-time or part-time hours

Earn up to £12.85 per hour, plus £1 meals on every shift

Looking for a role where you can stay busy, learn new skills, and make someone’s day with a great cup of coffee?

As a Barista at Welcome Break, you’ll be part of our Starbucks team, serving handcrafted drinks, welcoming customers, and helping keep the store running smoothly. Whether you’re making someone’s morning coffee or supporting your team during a busy shift, you’ll play a big part in delivering a great experience for customers on the move.

This role could be a great fit if you:

  • Enjoy helping people and delivering friendly, welcoming service
  • Can keep calm, organised and positive when it gets busy
  • Take pride in keeping standards high, from great drinks to a clean and tidy store
  • Are happy to learn new skills, no experience needed as full training is

What you’ll get as a Barista at Welcome Break:

  • £1 meals on every shift
  • Immediate start available + overtime if you want it
  • 50% off onsite brands (including KFC, Burger King, Starbucks & Pizza Express) that will extend to your family and friends when you visit with them!
  • My Welcome Break discounts – savings at hundreds of retailers
  • Incentive schemes to reward great performance
  • Clear progression from Customer Service into Supervisor and Store Management
  • Apprenticeship programmes where you can learn and earn at the same time
  • Holiday allowance that grows with service
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free onsite parking
  • Uniform provided

About Welcome Break

Welcome Break is one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, running 61 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK. Working for Welcome Break is not what it may seem to our everyday customer. When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Taco Bell, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break.

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