EMPLOYERS
We know it’s hard to find and retain talent. We are here to make life easier for you.
We link employers with trained Well Grounded graduates who have a passion for the coffee industry.
Our ongoing mentorship and Graduate network ensures staff stay in work longer and are constantly developing new skills.
Our Graduates can be found working in a range of cafes across London including Dose Espresso, Notes Coffee, Old Spike Roastery, Blighty Coffee, Vagabonds and many more.
Our approach
Accessible for all (mentorship and multiple learning styles)
Affordable (with additional subsidies, just ask)
Hospitality focused (getting people ready for work)
Progressive (we develop talent in the industry)
Specialist (accredited with SCA)
GET INVOLVED
Work Placements
A great way to access new talent with no risk to your business.
Trainees receive specialty training for 4 weeks, before completing a 50-hour work placement at your café.
Introduction to Coffee, Foundation Barista Skills (SCA), Foundation Sensory & Foundation Brew.
Our hope is that you will want to offer them a job. Our track record says you will, with 86% of all trainees still working with their placement employer. All our trainees join our Graduate network and receive ongoing professional development, learning and employment support.
This programme is free to employers. There are no obligations during the programme to pay or offer employment to trainees. However, if you recruit your trainees after they have completed their work placement we ask for a contribution to their training with us.
Private Training
We also provide private training, ranging across all SCA qualifications (see our programmes page). Training is run by our Head of Coffee, an AST and Q Grader.
Sponsorship
We are always looking for funding to support our work with hard to reach individuals. To sponsor an individual or to look at partnership sponsorship opportunities get in touch.
Working with Well Grounded has been an amazing experience throughout, from meeting and employing qualified, friendly, enthusiastic, upbeat and professional staff, to talking to students that want to learn, are focused on their goals and want to share their knowledge. Having Well Grounded at Vagabond also increased customers interest in coffee creating a great atmosphere.
Povilas Petrauskas, Owner at Vagabond Coffee RoasteryDanielle shows such determination. If she carries on I have no doubt she will be a very valuable to us and my plans for Blighty’s coffee. Since I started training people at Blighty I haven’t seen anyone progress as quickly as Danielle nor have I seen anyone have such drive to get better – I love seeing that! It’s a testament to what you guys are doing at Well Grounded and I absolutely support you.
Ed Yarnton, Co-Founder at Blighty CoffeeWell Grounded offers an exceptional standard of training, including both the technical side of the speciality coffee industry and the so-called soft skills central to service, which we as employers so often take for granted. Their graduates benefit from access to a growing and rewarding sector of the hospitality trade, and we benefit from new and energetic talent.
Robert Robinson, Co-Founder at Notes