Dietary/Housekeeping/Laundry Attendant

The Salvation Army; Riverview (FL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

The Salvation Army is looking for a Dietary/Housekeeping/Laundry Attendant to provide essential services at their Riverview location. This part-time role includes preparing meals, maintaining cleanliness, and handling laundry for residents, ensuring a supportive and sanitary environment. Applicants should possess a high school diploma and the physical ability to perform duties as required.

Benefits

Health and dental benefits

Paid vacation and sick time

RRSPs

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent needed.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Completes daily audits and monitors food safety procedures.
• Cleans residents' rooms and common areas, ensuring a safe environment.
• Handles laundry procedures including washing and delivering resident items.

Skills

Ability to follow verbal and written instructions in English

Physically able to perform assigned duties

Good attendance record

Education

High school graduation or equivalent

Job description

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Dietary/Housekeeping/Laundry Attendant

Apply remote type Onsite locations RIVERVIEW, NB time type Part time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: June 25, 2025 (2 days left to apply) job requisition id JR103284

Who We Are

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description:

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Dietary):

• Completes daily audit forms.
• Monitors and documents food and refrigeration temperatures.
• Assembles residents’ trays for all meals and arranges place settings for dining room.
• Prepares food for meals and snacks, including preparation of supplemental beverages according to individual diets.
• Portions and serves meals to residents according to assigned diets.
• Assists the cook with cooking procedures and serving when required.
• Distributes dietary carts to and from designated areas.
• Provides assistance at meal times by transporting residents, and assisting residents with their selections.
• Disassembles food carts and trays; scrapes and pre-soaks dishes and utensils.
• Cleans/washes dishes, pots and pans; loads and unloads dishwasher, and stores cleaned items in designated areas.
• Assists with special functions, such as Meals on Wheels, and holiday events.
• Replenishes supplies for Wing lounges and kitchenette.
• Receives, rotates, and restocks food supplies.
• Records need for food item/inventory.
• Cleans/sanitizes kitchen and dining room areas, surfaces, equipment and floors.
• Disposes of waste and delivers soiled linen to laundry department.
• Requisitions dietary cleaning supplies as needed.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Environment):

· Cleans residents’ rooms, bathrooms and common areas.

· Completes daily audit forms.

· Cleans floors such as sweeping and scrubbing, using appropriate equipment.

· Damp dusts and spot cleans all furniture.

· Empties and cleans all waste paper baskets,and disposes of waste.

· Changes drapes and bedside curtains as necessary.

· Cleans accessible windows and sills.

· Replenishes and requisitions housekeeping supplies as needed such as soap, paper towel, toilet tissue and gloves.

· Carbolizes (disinfects and thoroughly cleans)rooms monthly and after the discharge, or death, of a resident.

· Cleans equipment such as commodes, wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, etc..

· Disinfects and thoroughly cleans isolation rooms using proper procedures.

· Completes assigned scheduled cleaning.

· Keeps all work areas and equipment clean and in good repair.

· Reports and requisitions needed repairs, as well as damaged equipment and property.

· Rearranges or transfers furniture and/or equipment as needed.

Provides assistance by transporting residents to activities and meals as required.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Laundry):

• Completes daily audit forms.
• Operates, cleans and maintains laundry equipment such as commercial and industrial washing/drying machines in accordance with prescribed procedures or operating directions.

• Collects soiled clothes and/or linens from designated areas and washes residents’ clothing, and facility linen, according to procedures. This includes sorting, weighing, loading into washing machines and maintaining record of weight of laundry processed. This sometimes includes drapes and bedside privacy curtain.
• Presoaks stained items.

• After washing, loads the drying machines according to proper procedures.
• Unloads, sorts, folds and stacks clean clothes/linens from drying machines according to proper procedures; inspects clothes/linens for stains and/or minor repairs and makes repairs as needed.

• Irons residents’ clothing and linens when necessary.
• Prepares and delivers carts with residents’ clothing to their rooms and clean linens to designated areas.

• Ensures that all resident’s personal laundry is properly identified/labelled, and adds labels as required.

• Cleans dryer filters.
• Monitors and refills laundry chemicals for washing machines.

• Maintains laundry area in a clean, tidy, orderly and safe condition.
• Communicates with residents, team members and families in the Nursing Home regarding laundry needs.
• Prepares rags and distributes to various departments.
• Orders, receives stock and maintains inventory of supplies for laundry department.
• Examines laundered slings, reporting any issues of concern.

Organizational Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates knowledge of Lakeview Manor’s philosophy, mission, policies and procedures, and conducts work in a manner consistent with this;
• Participates in LVM’s continuous quality improvement initiatives to improve resident, staff, department and facility performance outcomes;
• Utilizes the facility’s resources, such as supplies and equipment, economically and safely;
• Develops and maintains good interpersonal and communication skills and utilizes these skills in work with residents, families, volunteers, visitors and other staff;
• Maintains resident confidentiality and respects the resident’s right to privacy;
• Participates in department meetings; attends in-service programs, staff and committee meetings.

Individual Responsibilities:

• Maintains knowledge of, and applies, policies and procedures the Fire and Disaster Plan, the Infection Control & Back in Form programs, and any other site programs;
• Practices all safety and sanitation rules and regulations, and observes personal hygiene;
• Reports need of repairs to supervisor, or informs Maintenance personnel using approved communication tools;

• Has a thorough knowledge of, and is able to demonstrate, the safe use and care of supplies and assigned equipment;
• Provides a comfortable, safe and clean environment;
• Adheres to WorkSafe NB Acts & Regulations in all duties;

• Maintains professional and personal development through participation in continuous education programs, in-services and other initiatives.

Qualifications:

High school graduation or equivalent . Ability to follow verbal and written instructions in English. Physically able to perform assigned duties. Good attendance record.

Compensation:

The target hiring range for this position is $22.12 to $22.85 with a maximum of $23.57.

Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email [e-mail] if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.

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