Housekeeper - Part Time

Cascadia Senior Living•Yakima, WA

About The Position

The Housekeeper helps create a joyful and vibrant community by maintaining a beautiful environment and keeping the community tidy, clean, sanitary, and pleasing to the senses. The role supports residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment. The Housekeeper performs assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions and maintains work areas in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner. The position follows safety precautions and infection-control practices and requires operating and maintaining housekeeping and laundry equipment. The Housekeeper attends required meetings and training, stays current on assigned tasks and duties, and performs other assigned tasks.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Pass a criminal background and fingerprint check.
Compassion and a special interest in working with the senior population.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and overtime, to meet position requirements.
Ability to relate positively and communicate appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees.
Meet all mandatory health requirements set by state regulations.
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Maintain a current food handler’s card.
Meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds, constantly lifting 25–40 pounds, frequently reaching below shoulder height, occasionally kneeling, stooping, and squatting, and standing six out of eight hours.

Responsibilities

Support residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment.
Perform assigned day-to-day housekeeping functions.
Maintain assigned work areas in a clean, safe, comfortable, and attractive manner.
Follow established safety precautions when performing tasks and using equipment and supplies.
Follow established infection-control practices during housekeeping procedures.
Operate and maintain housekeeping and laundry equipment, including commercial washers and dryers and buffing machines.
Recognize potentially dangerous situations and work safely.
Attend required meetings and training and stay current on assigned tasks and duties.
Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.
Maintain a clean, neat, comfortable, and safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.

Benefits

Competitive compensation based on relevant years of experience and education or certification requirements.
Shift differential for night-shift employees.
Bonus.
Shift coverage bonus offered as needed.
Sick time accrual of 0.025 hours for every hour worked, available for use after 90 days.
Paid time off accrual eligibility after 12 months, starting at 0.0326 hours accrued per hour worked.
Floating holiday accrual of 0.04 hours per hour worked, up to 56 hours annually, eligible upon hire.
Holiday pay at 1.5 times normal hourly pay for time worked on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas.
Up to three days of bereavement leave.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) after 12 months and 1,000 hours worked, with semi-annual enrollment and an annual employer discretionary contribution.
Employee Assistance Program.
Cascadia Assistance Fund for financial help with hardships or continuing education.