- Perform routine scheduled cleaning duties: sweep, mop, and wash walls. Clean bathrooms, food serving area, and other common areas to building standards.
- Restock soap, paper towel dispensers and other supplies. Assist with communicating inventory needs.
- Pack, label, and store previous client belongings.
- Prepare vacant rooms for use including packing up items and thorough cleaning according to prescribed procedures.
- Maintain clean exterior of building.
- Remove garbage and recycling from building following all safe trash removal protocol. Wash trash cans.
- Regularly lift and carry supplies, donations, furnishings, etc.
- Assist Advocacy staff members in floor checks and unit inspections as needed.
- Assist Advocate and Case management staff in ensuring occupied units meet health and quality standards. As identified, participate in joint clean up and/or hoarding safety efforts.
- Enforce building and program rules including bar policy.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
General Responsibilities
- Observe/follow guidelines on confidentiality rights of residents and respect their privacy.
- Alert management team members to non-maintenance and housekeeping areas of concern.
- Be willing and able to be on-call after hours/weekends for emergency security/building related calls.
- Maintain accurate record of hours worked and turn in timesheets or complete ADP entries on schedule.
- Attend trainings required of employees and staff meetings as scheduled.
- Contribute to the mission of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.
- Contribute to and support a positive, team-oriented work environment.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Job Conditions
This position requires the employee to work in an environment where there may be exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and other potentially infectious material. Other exposures could include cleaning supplies, bedbugs, chemicals involved in pest control, paint and other materials used in building maintenance, building temperature fluctuations, dust, noise, and odors. Working conditions include interruptions, crisis response, and regular interactions with individuals who are dealing with issues of chemical dependency and/or mental illness, or are experiencing anger or frustration.
Physical and Mental Acuity Requirements
The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Able to hear telephone rings, phone conversation and face-to-face conversation, door bells and emergency alarms.
- Able to speak clearly in person and on the telephone.
- Able to hand write legibly.
- Vision that enables person to read normal size print and handwritten notes; and distance and peripheral vision than enables person to monitor living spaces and identify concerns that require staff response.
- Able to sit for sustained periods of time.
- Able to walk the entire building and ascend and descend stairs quickly to move from one floor to another in order to respond to emergency situations.
- Mobility/dexterity of hands/arms to enable keying into a unit or other locked area as well as using computers and other office equipment.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, and to work independently and as a team member.
- Ability to regularly lift and carry up to 20 pounds and occasionally up to 40 pounds.
- Regularly able to perform duties as assigned.
- Able to make independent decisions and apply sound judgment in performing job duties.