Housekeeping Aide

**Are you an individual that has a passion for making a difference?**

At the Anson Place Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. Our values follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy, Participation ~ Excellence ~ Openness ~ Performance ~ Longevity ~ Efficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home.

**A day in the role as a housekeeping aide at Anson Place Care Centre**:
As a housekeeping aide at Anson Place Care Centre you will be placed in a role with high expectations to provide exemplary housekeeping needs for the residents of our home. As a housekeeping aide, you are expected to maintain high standards of cleanliness and sanitation throughout the home by cleaning and sanitizing rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas following established policies and procedures.

In this position you will be apart of our housekeeping team, and will be responsible for but not limited to:

- Receives assignment, assembles required materials and supplies, loads service cart and transports to work area.
- Using specified cleaning/disinfecting/sanitizing agents and following specific procedures, work patterns and routines, performs tasks such as: vacuuming, sweeping, dry/wet mopping, scrubbing, sanitizing/disinfection floors, spot cleaning walls, windows and doors between washing, dusting, washing, sanitizing/disinfecting furniture, shelves, woodwork, etc., emptying waste baskets and rearranging furniture, removing waste, daily cleaning and disinfecting daily all bathroom fixtures and replenishing supplies, cleaning floors, fixtures and furnishings in utility rooms, kitchen closets, etc.
- Ensures privacy of residents during performance of duties.
- Prepares room for new occupant following prescribed procedures.
- Notifies ESM when supplies are low or equipment is malfunctioning.
- Returns unused supplies and cleans and stores equipment.
- Identifies potential liability issues and takes action to minimize risk
- Other duties as assigned and or indicated in Job Task Inventory

**Qualifications**:
At the Anson Place Care Centre we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Anson Place Care Centre are as follows:

- Some understanding of chemicals and equipment used in cleaning
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions
- Ability to read, write and understand oral and written instructions.
- Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.

**How to apply?**

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references. We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter.