Custodian (Part-Time)

State of Connecticut•Middletown, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families (DCF) is recruiting a Custodian located at our John Dempsey Hospital located in Middletown, CT. This is a part-time position, 34 hours per week, benefit eligible, working the first shift, Monday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 2:30 pm, and Friday from 7:00 am to 1:30 pm. In this role, you will perform custodial tasks and maintenance of various areas including classrooms, offices, auditoriums, wards, kitchens, dining rooms, lavatories, and outdoor areas. Responsibilities include dusting, mopping, sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, and polishing floors, as well as shampooing carpets. You will also wash, dust, and polish glass, woodwork, walls, furniture, and metal equipment. Additionally, you will collect and dispose of trash and recycling, report needs for repairs, perform minor maintenance, and inspect buildings for damage, reporting conditions to your supervisor. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) focuses on working with families and communities to improve child safety, ensure permanent families for children, and advance their overall well-being. DCF protects children from abuse and neglect, strengthens families through support and advocacy, and helps children with emotional and behavioral challenges.

Requirements

Any experience and training which would provide the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above
Ability to follow oral and written instructions
Operate, care for and perform minor maintenance on tools and equipment used in daily work
Keep records

Nice To Haves

Experience performing custodial work in a hospital or institutional setting
Experience stripping, waxing and burnishing floors using floor polishers and buffers
Experience setting up and breaking down school events and classrooms
Experience keeping high traffic areas clean and safe during inclement weather events
Experience performing minor maintenance on tools and equipment used in daily work

Responsibilities

Perform custodial tasks and maintenance of areas such as classrooms, offices, auditoriums, wards, kitchens, dining rooms and lavatories including outdoor areas (i.e. trash around buildings)
Dust, mop, sweep, scrub, strip, wax and polish floors, shampoo carpets using appropriate equipment such as floor polishers and buffers
Wash, dust and polish glass including windows, woodwork, walls, furniture and metal equipment
Collect and dispose of all trash and recycling in the appropriate containers
Report needs for repairs
Perform minor maintenance
Inspect building for damage and report conditions to supervisor
Perform related duties as required
Makes beds
Checks, marks, stores and issues linens, blankets, and clothing (limited to individual’s work area not to include counting and inspection for a larger area)
Collects and counts soiled laundry
Distributes, empties and sterilizes glassware, wash basins and bedpans
Sweeps walks
Collects and disposes of trash
Runs errands
May change light bulbs and replace fuses
May lubricate or tighten door hinges, drawers, cabinets, etc.
May replace ceiling or floor tiles
May remove snow and ice from stairways and walkways around buildings
May sand and salt stairways and walkways
May move furniture and/or set-up classrooms