Housekeeper The Residence at Brookside

LCB Senior Living • Avon, CT

1d • $18 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

LCB Senior Living is hiring a part-time Housekeeper at The Residence at Brookside in Avon, Connecticut. This position is scheduled for 14 hours per week and pays $17.50–$19.50 per hour, based on years of experience.

The Housekeeper cleans residents’ rooms and residence common areas, including bathrooms and kitchens, and performs tasks such as vacuuming, mopping, dusting, polishing, disinfecting, laundering linens, and cleaning windows and blinds. The role also includes maintaining housekeeping carts, disposing of waste properly, responding to other housekeeping needs, and helping cover other positions when needed. Associates are expected to represent the Residence and LCB Senior Living’s mission and values professionally, interact positively with residents, visitors, coworkers, and prospective residents, and attend required training and orientations.

The position involves frequent physical activity and use of cleaning equipment and chemicals. The associate may be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials and hazardous chemicals.

Requirements

• Ability to maintain a clean and neat environment.
• Knowledge of cleaning practices and cleaning substances.
• Ability to identify cleaning needs and safety hazards.
• Ability to communicate in English orally and in writing.
• Ability to lift at least 25 pounds and carry objects.
• Ability to push and pull carts and to walk, sit, stand, turn, crouch, kneel, stoop, bend below the waist, and reach above shoulder height as tasks require.
• Ability to perform routine, repetitive tasks while being considerate of residents, visitors, and coworkers.
• Ability to use cleaning equipment and chemicals safely.
• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Certifications or licenses are not required.

Nice To Haves

• Previous housekeeping experience in a health care or hospitality setting.
• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Promote the Residence’s and LCB Senior Living’s mission and core values to residents, visitors, coworkers, and the surrounding community.
• Represent the community positively and interact with potential residents, family members, and professionals to support community occupancy.
• Clean residents’ rooms and bathrooms, including toilets, vanities, sinks, showers, shower seats, and floors.
• Clean kitchen areas, including wiping counters and mopping floors.
• Empty wastebaskets and replace bags, disposing of waste in the proper containers.
• Dust, polish, and wipe surfaces, including windowsills, woodwork, and counters.
• Clean carpets by vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Clean common areas and common bathrooms daily and as needed.
• Keep housekeeping carts clean and orderly.
• Remove, fold, and return bed linens; wash and fold linens.
• Clean and wash windows and clean and dust blinds.
• Perform general outdoor pickup as needed.
• Fill in for other positions when someone is absent, and perform other assigned duties.
• Attend required in-service training and orientations.

Benefits

• Part-time associates working 24–29 hours are offered paid time off and holiday pay; the posting does not specify whether these benefits apply to this 14-hour-per-week position.
• Possibility of tuition reimbursement.
• Rewarding role working with seniors.
• Opportunity to work with an amazing team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed