Laundry/Housekeeping Aide

Position Details

• Job Type: Temporary Part-Time
• Temp Contract Length: Up to 6 months
• Location: 247 Franklin St N - Sunnyside Home
• Division: Community Services
• Hours of Work: 38.75 hours biweekly, 0700-1500
• Salary Range: $24.02 - $25.49 per hour
• Union: Unifor 1106
• Grade: Unifor 1106 Grade 002

Join the Team at Sunnyside Home

At Sunnyside Home, care is personal.

As the first long-term care home in Waterloo Region certified in The Butterfly Approach®, we are recognized for creating a warm, home-like environment where relationships, emotional well-being, and resident choice come first.

Here, you’ll be part of a compassionate and innovative team that is committed to meaningful connections, person-centred care, and making every day matter for residents and families.

If you’re looking for more than just a job, and want to be part of a workplace where kindness, collaboration, and dignity are at the heart of the work, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information about Sunnyside Home and our approach to care, visit: Person Centred Care, Region of Waterloo

About the Region of Waterloo

The Region of Waterloo is a diverse and growing community committed to creating opportunities for current and future generations.

Waterloo Region is part of the Dish With One Spoon wampum, a treaty grounded in sharing, sustainability, and respect:

• Take only what we need
• Leave some for others
• Keep the dish clean

These principles continue to guide our commitment to reconciliation, inclusion, and community well-being.

The Role

Sorts and washes soiled clothing. Processes clean laundry through dryers and folding machine, and folds, hangs, and distributes laundry throughout Sunnyside Home. Maintains assigned areas of Sunnyside Home in a clean, orderly manner by scrubbing, washing, disinfecting, vacuuming, polishing, and dusting.

Works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create a caring, person-centred, homelike environment where residents feel listened to and cared about.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Sorts soiled linen and transports to washing machines. Loads washing machines to appropriate levels and programs to appropriate wash cycles. Unloads clean linens and clothing from washing machines and places into carts.
• Loads linen and clothing into dryer. Sets appropriate heat levels and drying times. Unloads linens and clothing when dry, inspects condition for damage and stains, and repairs as required.
• Informs resident care staff when residents' clothing needs replacing. Folds and sorts residents' clothing, towels, bed linens, and other personal items. Hangs, folds, and places clothing onto carts for delivery to appropriate home area, and places items in residents' closets and drawers.
• Counts linens, towels, and other items required for each floor and loads onto delivery carts. Delivers to Home areas using the exchange cart system.
• Fills linen orders for special functions (e.g., birthday parties and recreational events).
• Uses a label machine to make resident identification labels, and attaches to clothing using a hot press.
• Completes individual resident clothing lists, opens resident files upon admission, and continues to update files after admission. Makes changes to files and delivery carts upon transfer or discharge.
• Follows infection control guidelines to handle, separate, and wash contaminated laundry identified in orange and red bags.
• Maintains records of amounts of laundry washed each day according to items washed and machine size used, per wash program where possible. Communicates laundry sorting problems to supervisor or appropriate resident care staff.
• Checks chemical levels and pumps daily and changes chemical containers as necessary.
• Prepares housekeeping cart at the start of each shift (fills buckets with dispensed all-purpose cleaner, checks stock of cleaning supplies) and replenishes as necessary. Cleans and puts away housekeeping cart at end of shift.
• Collects garbage bags from waste containers in washrooms, bedrooms, lounges, utility rooms, and offices. Replaces garbage bags and cleans/sanitizes garbage and recycling containers, as necessary or once a week. Transports recycling items from central collection room to recycling room.
• Cleans and sanitizes washrooms, scrubs sinks and toilets, washes walls and partitions, removes, washes, and rehangs shower curtains, and cleans mirrors. Replenishes toilet paper, paper towels, and soap as required.

Additional Duties/Responsibilities

• Cleans floors by dry mopping daily and damp mopping, disinfecting, waxing, and buffing as necessary. Vacuums and spot cleans stains on carpeted areas, and shampoos as necessary.
• Dusts and polishes furniture, washes windows, window ledges, light fixtures, and walls.
• Sets up areas throughout the home for services, celebrations, and receptions, including arranging furniture and setting up table linen and equipment.
• Cleans resident rooms upon transfer/discharge and for project cleaning. Cleans and sanitizes beds, mattresses, bedside furniture, walls, and other surfaces.
• Keeps work areas tidy and organized. Cleans, sanitizes, and maintains industrial washers, dryers, carts, and other equipment in good working condition (e.g., linen marking machine, vacuum, floor buffer, floor scrubbing machine). Reports safety issues/risks immediately and takes appropriate action.
• Interacts with staff, residents, families, and visitors to respond to general questions, discuss operational needs/logistics, and request supplies or services. Contacts appropriate staff for assistance as needed.
• Keeps knowledge current through in-service training and communications. Demonstrates/explains work procedures to help train volunteers and/or new staff as directed.
• Participates in team meetings and provides input to improve work procedures.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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