Housekeeping Assistant
Alternatives, Inc
- Billings, MT
- $17.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- High School Diploma or equivalency.
- Must have current Montana driver's license.
- Ability to pass Federal workplace drug and alcohol testing requirements.
- Good writing and verbal skills.
- Basic computer skills and knowledge of MS Office programs.
- Experience working in community corrections.
- Experience working in environmental services.
- Supervise Inmate Workers. They are to be supervised indirectly on first floor (check on them every 30 minutes), and directly if outside. No inmate workers are to be taken to a secured unit.
- Do facility laundry including resident uniforms, rags, towels, bedding, and other items as needed.
- Restock chemicals, paper products, rags, and linens. Hand out hygiene supplies to residents.
- Sew and repair drapes, clothing, and bedspreads. Reupholster when needed.
- Check house jobs done by residents. If not completed, issue a pass restriction and ensure another resident, inmate worker, or housekeeping personnel completes the job.
- Wash, clean, and vacuum each van once per week.
- Sweep, vacuum, mop, scrub, wax, and polish floors using industrial vacuum cleaners and scrubbing and buffing machines.
- Sometimes using ladders, dust and wash walls, clean ceilings, and dust and polish light fixtures. Wash blinds.
- Remove stains from such surfaces as rugs, drapes, walls, and floors using chemicals and cleaning solutions.
- Dust furniture, woodwork, and equipment.
- Operate mechanical floor cleaners, buffers, vacuums, shampooers, and related environmental service equipment.
- Gather and dispose of trash and waste materials using specified bags or containers.
- Move furniture, cabinets, boxes, crates, equipment, and other heavy objects as required.
- Clean and disinfect all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, doors, and walls of bathrooms.
- Makes supply packs for departments and put linen stacks in carts for distribution. Take supply requests and deliver them.
- Deliver linens to departments according to pre-established par levels and schedules. Distribute emergency supplies as needed.
- Keep records of linen distribution by floor and facility; check linen supplies and list linen use by floor/program.
- Keep work areas neat and orderly, clean equipment, and assist with other cleaning duties as assigned.