Housekeeper

Safe Berks; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Safe Berks is seeking a Housekeeper to support Residential Services in Reading, PA. This full-time position offers a 40-hour work week with shifts that may include evenings and weekends.

The starting rate is $16.50 per hour, commensurate with experience, and the incumbent will report to the Director of Residential Services. Qualified applicants will have at least one year of housekeeping experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and a willingness to obtain clearances required by the

Qualifications

• One year of housekeeping operations experience required.
• Experience working in a residential/communal setting preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain housekeeping operations in accordance with agency standards.
• Maintain equipment and supplies to avoid waste, damage, and prevent accidents.
• Daily inspections of residential communal living spaces to ensure safety and sanitary conditions.
• Ensure infection control techniques including PPE are practiced.
• Clean all rooms for new residents and after resident departures.
• Ensure all housekeeping tasks meet quality standards.
• Communicate housekeeping needs with the Director of Facilities.
• All other duties as assigned by department head.

Skills

Housekeeping

Residential setting experience

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Description

Position Title: Housekeeper

Core Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week, hours may vary to meet the demands of the department and could include evenings and weekends

Supervisor: Director of Residential Services

Department: Residential Services

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

FLSA Exemption Test: N/A

Starting Salary/Hourly Rate: $16.50/hour

Last Updated: 8/18/2026

Our Mission

Safe Berks provides a safe haven and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through education, advocacy and a relentless commitment to prevent abuse. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where individuals can be their true selves and feel empowered to stand up to all forms of oppression.

Our Values

SAFETY

We believe that freedom from physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological harm is a basic human right of all individuals. We know that domestic violence, sexual assault, oppression and privilege include power-based tactics that affect physical, emotional and psychological safety and we work to help survivors heal the wounds caused by power-based violence.

RESPECT

We value the dignity of all individuals while appreciating our differences and celebrating and honoring our diversity. Respect is reflected in the way we treat our clients, ourselves and members of the community. We believe our work requires us to reach out to marginalized individuals and communities and to create space to celebrate and nurture them.

EMPOWERMENT

We believe empowerment begins with recognizing and knowing that individually and collectively Safe Berks clients, staff and volunteers have the strength to make necessary change and to accomplish our goals. We recognize that success is defined by each individual given their experience, talents and culture and we celebrate this success.

EDUCATION

We will educate ourselves and our community to reject and prevent violence and oppression in our own lives and in the lives of the people around us. We recognize that our mission and values are transformational, and we must work with intention to break down social and cultural norms that continue to divide us.

HOPE

We believe that hope is key to our existence, to our ability to persevere and to achieve goals. We recognize that our work fosters hope and resilience and improves physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being.

Equity and Inclusion

Safe Berks is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where all staff, residents, clients, board members, and volunteers feel safe and empowered to stand up to oppression of all kinds. We believe that the collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, creative outlets, innovative approaches and solutions, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees exhibit in their work represents the quality of our life-saving services. Reflective of the community we serve and embrace, we celebrate differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity, or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Position Standards

• Administration Service Delivery Standard
• Employee demonstrates a commitment to delivering quality service to all internal and external individuals affiliated with Safe Berks, including but not limited to, employees, visitors, clients, and contractors, and does so in a manner that is in line with agency values of safety, respect, empowerment, education, and hope.
• Conduct and Behavioral Standard
• Employee maintains respectful relationships and interactions with other employees, management, board members, community members, clients, and survivors. They conduct themselves in a manner that demonstrates integrity and a commitment to the organization’s mission. Employee always fosters open communication and is responsive to community partners, donors, co-workers, and management through means of email, text, and phone calls.
• Essential Skills Standard
• Employee has strong autonomy skills and requires minimal supervision of day-to-day job responsibilities. Employee can troubleshoot problems and utilize available resources appropriately to resolve problems or concerns or provide suggestions for solutions within the boundaries of their position expectations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (includes but is not limited to the following):

1. Maintain housekeeping operations in accordance with agency standards.
2. Maintain equipment and supplies to avoid waste, damage, and prevent accidents.
3. Daily inspections of residential communal living spaces to ensure safety and sanitary conditions.
4. Ensure compliance that all infection control techniques are always practiced including personal protective equipment measures.
5. Clean all rooms as residents exit and ensure all rooms are clean for incoming residents.
6. Ensure all general housekeeping tasks meet quality standards.
7. Communicate housekeeping needs including supply needs with the Director of Facilities.
8. All other duties as assigned by department head.

Requirements

Educational & Experience Requirements:

Employment Experience (amount and kind)

• One (1) year of housekeeping operations experience required
• Experience working in a residential/communal setting is strongly preferred

Education (general level required or specific courses)

• High school diploma or equivalent required

Essential Physical Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Other Requirements:

• Completion of a background check request; FBI, State Police, and Child Abuse Clearances obtained within required timeframe under Act 153 through agency vendor
• Completion of Sexual and Domestic Violence Advocate Training provided by agency
• Valid driver’s license and insurance are required to travel to client sites

Safe Berks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Safe Berks complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.

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