Laundry Aide Part Time

Covenant Living Communities and Services•Carol Stream, IL

5d•$15 - $19

About The Position

The Laundry Aide picks up, sorts, launders, and redistributes personal laundry for assigned residents. The position ensures residents’ personal items are properly labeled and distributed, including items sent to outside services for dry cleaning. The role also handles resident towels and belongings, supports distribution of house linens, reports unusable clothing and laundry supply needs to a supervisor, and may fill in for a housekeeper when needed.

Requirements

One year of high school education.
Good verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills in English.
Previous housekeeping or laundry experience.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
Ability to organize routine schedules and duties to complete daily responsibilities.
Ability to make independent decisions in the absence of a supervisor.
Interest in and desire to work with older adults.

Responsibilities

Collect soiled resident clothing from rooms and utility rooms, and receive other items from nursing personnel for laundering.
Separate items for laundering and outside dry-cleaning services; check clothing and add name tags as needed.
Check returned laundry and distribute it to residents.
Wash laundry at appropriate temperatures using the proper types and amounts of detergents and other cleaning chemicals.
Operate washing machines and dryers during the laundry process.
Advise the supervisor about worn-out or unusable items so families can be notified.
Launder posies, sheepskins, light bedspreads, and other resident belongings as needed.
Sort and distribute laundered items to resident rooms and storage areas as appropriate.
Collect soiled hand towels from resident rooms and distribute clean towels.
Advise the supervisor of laundry supply needs.
Assist with distribution of house linens from linen service as needed.
Be familiar with housekeeper duties and responsibilities to provide coverage when needed.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance (offered to full-time employees).
Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance (offered to full-time employees).
Paid time off and six paid holidays (offered to full-time employees).
403(b) with a 3% employer match (offered to full-time employees).
Fitness center use at most facilities (offered to full-time employees).
Voluntary life and AD&D benefits.
Tuition assistance and scholarships.
Employee assistance program.
Legal services, home/auto insurance, and discount purchasing program.
Pet insurance.