The Garlands is offering a $1500 Sign-on Bonus for Full-time Housekeepers!

Top Reasons to apply to the Environmental Services Team at The Garlands of Barrington

• We value and pay based on your years of experience in hospitality/professional cleaning
• Full-time employees (working 30 or more hours) are eligible for benefits
• Enjoy employee heated underground parking
• This is a non-tipping environment. Our hourly employees are rewarded each year by the Members of the community with a Holiday Fund Bonus
• Be part of a team with an award-winning reputation as one of the premier Life Plan communities in the country
• Be part of a team with the unique opportunity to connect with members, create joy and happiness, mentor positive energy, inspire others and, most of all, be inspired.

You will ......

• Greet all Members and interact with courtesy, respect, and friendliness.
• Identify, track, and respond to Members’ cleaning preferences (product use, bed-making, taking towels, and mopping, etc.).
• Thoroughly clean all rooms in each residential unit to meet and exceed the expectations.
• Ensure that the cleaning cart is equipped with supplies and full, labeled containers, uses the right amount of supplies and chemicals.
• Maintain impeccable personal appearance.
• Assist in cleaning of public areas (e.g., sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and cleaning public bathrooms) as time allows upon completion of residential cleaning.
• Work collaboratively with all Team Members in deep cleaning and other assigned projects and takes whatever action is necessary to provide the highest level of service to all Members of The Garlands.
• Assist in the laundry.
• Leave each residential unit cleaned to The Garlands’ high-quality standards, having dusted, cleaned the sheets, made the bed(s), wiped the appliances, removed the garbage out, and cleaned the bathrooms, etc.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities for a Housekeeper:

• Preferred two years’ experience cleaning in a healthcare or hospitality setting.
• Demonstrate excellent listening skills, and communicate effectively while conveying patience and understanding.
• Respond swiftly to any Member requests or complaints.
• Complete residential unit repair work orders immediately and in a quality manner.
• Work safely and report any safety-related issues to the supervisor or director timely.
• Demonstrate knowledge of The Garlands’ entire facility and direct Members appropriately, according to their needs.
• Complete Incident Reports accurately and timely
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays.
• Takes pride in personal appearance and professional demeanor.
• Must be able to push and/or pull wheeled carts and equipment weighing up to 100 lbs.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Must be able to stand, stoop and walk continuously.
• Must be able to move arms and hands from side to side and up and down to clean furniture, counters, and toilets, etc.
• Must be able to shift mop from side to side.

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