Laundry/Housekeeping-FT days

The Gardens at Carleton•Carleton, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Distinctive Living is seeking a full-time Laundry Attendant for the Gardens of Carleton location. We are passionate about personal and professional growth and strive to create a culture where people feel valued and inspired. The Laundry Attendant and Housekeeper is responsible for housekeeping and laundry functions of a given managed community, including apartment and common area cleaning, laundry services, carpet care, and maintaining compliance with all regulatory standards. This role involves interacting with residents in a friendly manner, providing meaningful attention, and communicating concerns about resident health to management. The position also requires maintaining clean common areas, ensuring safety for residents and visitors, and adhering to all local, state, and federal regulations.

Requirements

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Able to communicate verbally in person.

Responsibilities

Perform basic apartment cleaning of bathroom fixtures and floors, including dusting, vacuuming, sheet and linen changing, bed making, and bathroom cleaning.
Avoid disturbing residents' belongings and respect privacy.
Remove linens from bed for cleaning and return to resident.
Make beds with clean linens according to resident's preferences.
Log cleaning activities as required by procedures.
Change residents' bedding and linens each week as part of their monthly rent; may change more frequently for an additional fee upon resident request.
Keep linen inventory at a level to accommodate weekly changes and schedules for washing, drying, and folding.
Interact with residents in a friendly manner, providing meaningful attention.
Communicate concerns with resident's health to management as appropriate.
Maintain a clean building in all common areas, including main entry, alternative entries, reception area, corridors, bathrooms, activity rooms, and the dining room.
Clean floors including sweeping, dusting, damp/wet mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing, disinfecting, etc.
Properly set up and remove appropriate caution and safety signs to ensure safety of residents and visitors.
Clean carpets including vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
Clean public restrooms including washing, sanitizing, and/or polishing bathroom fixtures.
Ensure water marks are removed from fixtures.
Remove dirt, dust, grease, film, etc., from surfaces using proper cleaning/disinfecting solutions.
Handle hazardous cleaning supplies according to proper procedures and ensure accurate labeling.
Attend and participate in in-service educational classes, on-the-job training programs, etc., as scheduled or directed.
Respond appropriately to resident emergencies by calling or contacting appropriate internal and external parties, according to established protocol.
Assist with disaster management efforts and activities during evacuations (e.g., fires, hurricanes, etc.).
Maintain compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations.
Work in a safe manner and ensure unsafe actions are brought to the attention of the Executive Director.
Comply with Safety Committee Standards.
Notify the Executive Director of workplace injuries and follow all procedures for treatment, investigation, and return to work.
Foster teamwork with co-workers, show initiative in overcoming obstacles, take actions that assist others beyond job responsibilities, and have a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Develop basic knowledge of the organization in order to answer basic questions.
Perform other duties as assigned or needed.