Laundry Aide

We Are Inspired to Serve. Join us! The purpose of this position is to pick up, sort, launder, and redistribute personal laundry for assigned residents. This position ensures the proper labeling and distribution of personal items to be laundered and dry cleaned by outside services and the redistribution of such items. Collect soiled resident clothing from resident rooms and from the utility rooms, and receive other items from nursing personnel for laundering.

Separate items to be laundered and dry-cleaned by outside services, checking clothing and marking with name tags as needed. Check returned laundry and distribute to residents. Wash laundry at proper temperatures with proper kinds and amounts of detergents and other cleaning chemicals. Operate washing machine and dryer in laundry process. Advise supervisor of items that are worn out or unusable, so family can be notified.

Launder posies, sheepskins, light bedspreads or other resident belongings as needed. Sort and distribute laundered items to resident rooms and storage areas as appropriate. Collect soiled hand towels from resident rooms and distribute clean towels. Advise supervisor of laundry supply needs. Assist in distribution of house linens from linen service as needed. Be familiar with duties and responsibilities of housekeeper position in order to fill in if needed.

• One year high school education.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written in English.
• Previous housekeeping or laundry experience.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to organize routine schedule and duties to complete each day’s responsibilities.
• Be able to make independent decisions in the absence of supervisor.
• An interest in and desire to work with older adults.

$11.76 - $15.12 per hour Reasonable Pay Estimate A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $11.76 - $15.12 per hour. There are numerous factors taken into consideration in determining the actual offered rate of pay, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, experience, skills, education, geographic location, and consideration of internal and external equity.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance Employer paid group term life and disability Paid Time Off (PTO) & six paid holidays 403(b) with a 3% employer match Fitness center use at most facilities.
• Various voluntary benefits:
  Life, AD&D Tuition assistance and scholarships Employee assistance program Legal services, home/auto insurance, discount purchasing program Pet Insurance

For more information about Covenant Living and Covenant Care at Home, please visit www.covliving.org or www.covenantcareathome.org.

Covenant Living and Covenant Care Home Health and Hospice are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

We believe we are a great place to work. Covenant Living & Covenant Care at Home are faith-based Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) & Home Health organization. From the establishment of our first community – Covenant Home of Chicago in 1886 – to becoming the fifth-largest not-for-profit CCRC sponsor in the Leading Age Ziegler Top 150, our goal has been to provide outstanding care and services to senior adults.

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