Full Time

Housekeeper Job Description & Duties

 
 
 
 
Purpose: The Housekeeper is responsible for keeping Red Road Recovery Assisted Living Residence located in Lumby BC clean to the highest standards and maintaining a pleasant environment for the residents and staff.
 
 
Key Responsibilities:

1. Maintain a clean and orderly environment for our residents which is critical for maintaining and strengthening our reputation.
2. Be thorough and be able to attend to our residence with integrity and attention to detail.
3. Maintain strict boundaries with the residents. Ensure there are minimum distractions to residents so they can focus on their program.
4. Uphold a professional appearance and if interacting with residents do so in a professional and positive way.
5. Attention to detail to perform a thorough job.
6. Ability to complete physically demanding tasks.
7. Integrity, reliability, and trustworthiness to be left to work independently and stay on task.
8. Maintaining confidentiality of the residents is of the utmost importance.

 
Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand for long periods
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment 

 
Duties:

• Clean the group room before it is needed for facilitation or activities
• Clean the kitchen before the chef arrives for their shift at 9:00am
  • If there is an excess of mess from residents or staff, please inform the Executive Director.
• Start laundry, fold, and put away laundry before the end of your shift.
• Clean all surfaces, including bathrooms, common areas, kitchen, and offices.
• Disinfect all surface areas, including bathrooms, common areas, kitchen, offices, light switches and doorknobs.
• Dust all surfaces including fans, and chandelier
• Vacuum carpeted areas.
• Sweep and Mop floors.
• Properly clean and disinfect upholstered furniture.
• Replace toilet paper and hand towels.
• Pick up any trash and emptying the trash bins.
• Make beds, wash linens, and change the linens of outgoing residents.
• Clean windows.
• Respond to employee or resident, housekeeping requests 
• Deal with reasonable complaints/requests with professionalism and patience
• Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety.
• Notify managers of necessary repairs.

 
Qualifications:

• Organizational skills to keep rooms and storage closets clean and organized.
• Communication skills to take direction and work alongside other staff harmoniously.
• Time management skills - Adaptability and flexibility to focus on whatever task is most important at any given time. Working quickly without compromising quality.
• Reliable mode of transportation.
• Knowledge of cleaning appliances, and cleaning and disinfecting agents.
• Criminal Record Check.

• Must complete at least 20 hours duration in one or more of the following subjects:
  1. Counselling
  2. Crisis Intervention and Conflict Resolution
  3. Psychosocial Intervention for Substance Use Disorders
  4. Trauma-Informed Practice

 
Please Forward your application to HR@redroadrecovery.com