Job Information
WestCare Foundation Housekeeper in Miami, Florida
Housekeeper
Job Details
Job Location
Miami - 5200 Blue Lagoon Drive - Miami, FL
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
High School
Salary Range
$14.42 - $16.83 Hourly
Description
Position Summary:
The person in this position will be responsible for cleaning offices, and lavatories/bathrooms according to a housekeeping schedule.
Essential Job Functions:
Performs general cleaning and sanitizing tasks and services throughout assigned property.
Uses cleaning cart to transport cleaning supplies.
Cleans and disinfects bathrooms.
Cleans and disinfects dining areas and break room
Cleans and disinfects office spaces
Cleans and disinfects common areas
Wipes and dusts surfaces in rooms and cleans mirrors.
Vacuums and cleans floors, rugs, furniture, and drapes.
Stocks appropriate supplies in bathrooms.
Picks up and empties trash containers.
Notifies maintenance if something is not working properly.
Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
Inventory stock to ensure that supplies and equipment are available in adequate amounts.
Clean windows, glass partitions, or mirrors, using appropriate cleaning supplies, sponges, or squeegees
Participate in meetings and attend trainings as required and requested
Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goals of WestCare Foundation
Completes all orientation and mandated training activities, including E-Learning Courses, within required timeframes, and in accordance with the criteria established for this position.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications:
Certifications/Licensures:
None
Education:
High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
Experience and Competencies:
Must have knowledge of housekeeping procedures.
Must be dependable and have ability to follow directions.
If recovering from an addiction treatment program, must have at least two (2) years recovery.
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective operations for the protection of people, data, and property
Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules
Ability to use hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Ability to read complex two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers
Ability to perform work involving written or numeric data, and to make arithmetic calculations accurately.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to give and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram/numerical form.
Ability to follow directions and work cooperatively with others.
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees
Demonstrates ability to work effectively with individuals with distinct community backgrounds
Ability to create a safe, welcoming physical, supportive, and relational environment for consumers and staff
Knowledge of WestCare Mission, goals and values
Knowledge of Incident Reporting
Knowledge of HIPAA, Professional Ethics, Consumer Rights and Confidentiality
Familiarity with WestCare services and programs
Demonstrates a high degree of dependability.
Maintains a good attendance record.
Observes working hours
Shows flexibility and is responsive to requests from supervisor
Works independently with minimal supervision
Exhibits characteristics of good workmanship, and integrity on the job
Work time is always productive
Demonstrates ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with consumers, co-workers, external partners, and regulatory agencies
Is courteous to consumers, staff, and all others.
Demonstrates tact at the appropriate time.
Cooperates with others both within and outside WestCare.
Works well with supervisor; accepts direction and supervision
Maintains a positive attitude toward work
Ensures and maintains a safe working environment.
Work area is clean and orderly.
Verbalizes, understands and adheres to agency safety procedures.
Demonstrates appropriate use of Unusual Incident Reports, in accordance with the agency’s reporting procedures
Presents a positive personal image
Dresses and maintains a professional demeanor
Working Conditions:
Work is primarily performed in an office or residential treatment setting; and some outdoor activities may be required.
Personal Protective Equipment
Gloves are worn when cleaning.
Gloves are worn when using housekeeping and floor care products
Eye goggles are worn when pouring housekeeping and floor product
Gloves, mask, gown, eye goggles are used as required for the situation
Appropriate PPE will be worn as required by situation
Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job
The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or without accommodation:
Must be able to bend and stoop.
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or manipulate, or feel objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee frequently is required to walk.
The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and to talk or hear.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Must be able to handle multiple demands from simultaneous telephone calls, visitors and clients and staff members
Physical Demands:
Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in an office, residential, or outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to 50 pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems is required which includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the hands (typing, writing, and working with files). Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive situations through the use of approved physical de-escalation techniques.
Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to employees, clients, patients, and the public, and in those activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate detailed information through oral communication.
Requires seeing: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at distance. This factor is required to complete paperwork for many of the employee’s essential job functions and to observe client behavior and activities in and out of the facility.
The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body fluids or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal protective equipment will be readily available to every employee.
M ental Demands:
Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
Requires the ability to work and cooperate with clients, co-workers, managers, the public and employees at all levels in order to exchange ideas, information, instructions and opinions.
Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings.
The ability to defend oneself and clients in mentally/verbally abusive situations through the use of approved mental/verbal de-escalation techniques.
Must be able to handle multiple demands from simultaneous telephone calls, visitors and clients and staff members