Laundry Staff

Job Summary

The Laundry Aide will perform day-to-day activities of the laundry department to ensure provision of quality laundry service compliance in accordance to Federal, State and Local ordinance and regulations. Ensures the environmental and linen cleanliness and sanitation for resident safety comfort and convenience.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of general housekeeping/cleaning duties in various areas to maintain the center in a sanitary, safe, attractive, and orderly condition;
• Performs all general laundry duties;
• Captures inventories of clothing and personal items brought in with new residents and marks with proper identification;
• Captures picking up brutes with soiled linen from each wing throughout shift;
• Prepares articles for washing by unbuttoning, turning pockets out, and unrolling sleeves;
• Sorts soiled laundry into appropriate loads for washing;
• Captures standard washing procedures to add soap solution and other chemicals to wash;
• Captures drying of linens and resident’s clothing in dryer;
• Captures pressing of garments;
• Checks condition of linens for worn spots or tears;
• Folds linen and returns sufficient amount of linen to clean linen room on each wing for needs of day;
• Distributes laundry to appropriate resident;
• Ensures clothing is returned to residents following laundry services;
• Reports unmarked clothing to social services department;
• Disposes of unmarked clothing left in laundry.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalency preferred;
• One year’s work experience in a commercial establishment with knowledge of laundry/housekeeping procedures.