Housekeeper, Maintenance​/Cleaning

Housekeeper The Birches Assisted Living

FULL TIME Monday-Friday (flexible start and end times based upon hire; generally 8-4:30p shift preferred)

What You've Been Looking For: A Workplace to Call Home All hours and positions are permanently scheduled so you can plan ahead for vacations and personal time! It is up to our team members if they want to pick up additional shifts beyond their agreed hours. Our live scheduling software makes it easy to see what is your schedule for the week, and what is available if you want some extra hours!

ASK US ABOUT our scheduled work assignments so you can personalize your cleaning schedules to get to know our residents and make a difference in their day, and leadership decisions to support our residents and team members using best practices during your interview! We are different than all other communities in the best of ways!

Benefits (all employees):

• Privately owned & operated small business for more than 25 years with tenure leadership
• Discounted, homemade employee meals
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Retirement Savings Program
• A business looking for long-term partnerships with its members
• On the job training and education accommodations
• Employee wellness and Successful Aging support
• Cross training into multiple departments to meet career goals
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses to Fill Open Positions: $1000/person hired (Unlimited per year)
• Part time members (working less than 32 hours/week) qualify for PLT accrual based on hours worked

Additional Benefits for employees working more than 32 hours/week or more:

• Medical Insurance with 3 different offerings
• 2 Dental Insurance offerings
• 1st year: 2-3 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 5th year: 3-4 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 10th year or more 4-5 weeks accrued paid leave time
• 6 paid holidays (double-time if working on the holiday)
• Life Insurance
• Short term/ long term disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Accident & Injury
• Continuing Education Reimbursement

When you join The Birches, you join a Successful Aging Community that believes in possibilities, growth, challenge, and making lifestyle choices that can positively impact our aging journey. We believe that each one of us has, within ourselves, the power to live longer and healthier lives by taking care our Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, and Social health. And as a community, we work together to support our residents to discover what's possible and make a real difference in the lives of our residents.

As a housekeeper you are creating a pleasant and a clean environment for our whole community yet responsible for engaging with our residents in genuine and compassionate and memorable way. The housekeeper cleans the building including apartments, common areas and excluding the commercial kitchen, the main and Encore dining rooms, and the mechanical rooms. This includes picking up trash from apartments, offices and common areas and being the emergency contact within the building during scheduled hours should an apartment need immediate cleaning attention.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily listed in the job description. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Prior experience as a housekeeper preferred. Experience in a long-term care setting or similar setting preferred. On-the-job training provided.
• Must be able to read, write, and/or speak English language.

HIRING PAY RANGE based on EDUCATION and/or

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum to Maximum: $15.50/hour- $17.00/hour Clarendon Hills, IL 60514