Housekeeper- Good Shepherd

Archdiocese of St. Louis•University City, MO

12d

About The Position

The Housekeeper cleans dining rooms, lobbies, hallways, bathrooms, kitchens, stairwells, conference and family rooms, and offices at Good Shepherd Children & Family Services. The role includes floor care, cleaning furnishings and surfaces, handling waste, replenishing bathroom supplies, replacing light bulbs, and helping set up cafeterias and events. The Housekeeper also observes and reports safety and maintenance deficiencies and contributes to the organization’s quality improvement, evaluation, and reporting work by helping develop outcomes, participating in data collection, interpreting data, and applying findings to improve practices and outcomes. Other duties may be assigned. The position requires a high school diploma or GED and 1–3 months of related experience. Candidates should be team oriented and able to work independently, follow instructions, and perform basic reading, writing, and verbal tasks. The job regularly involves standing, communicating, using hands, and reaching; walking and sitting are occasional. It also requires regularly lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds and the specified visual abilities. Employment offers are contingent on successful completion of required pre-employment screening, which may include background checks, Family Care Safety Registration, drug screening, employment and education or credential verification, and, for some positions, physical examination and tuberculosis and Hepatitis A screening.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
1–3 months of related experience.
Team oriented and able to work independently.
Ability to read a limited number of two- to three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
Ability to follow instructions.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Regularly stand and talk or hear; regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; occasionally walk and sit.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Clean dining rooms, lobbies, hallways, bathrooms, kitchens, stairwells, conference and family rooms, and offices.
Perform floor care, including dust mopping, wet mopping, sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, and polishing; strip, wax, and buff floors.
Clean rugs, carpets, and draperies.
Clean upholstered furniture, desktops, and tabletops.
Dust furniture and high and low areas of walls; wash walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, door panels, and sills.
Empty wastebaskets and ashtrays, clean ashtrays, and transport trash and waste to the disposal area.
Replenish bathroom supplies and replace light bulbs.
Observe and report safety and maintenance deficiencies.
Set up cafeterias and events.
Contribute to quality improvement, evaluation, and reporting by helping develop outcomes, participating in data collection, interpreting data, and applying it to improve practices and outcomes.
Perform other duties as assigned.