Homemaker (VIRGINIA)

RESPONSIBILITIES: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING

This task includes dusting, vacuuming, tidying rooms, spot cleaning walls and carpets, cleaning refrigerator interior and exterior, wiping stove tops, stove hoods, backsplashes, kitchen tables and countertops, washing dishes, emptying trash, sweeping/vacuuming and damp mopping kitchen and bathroom floors, cleaning bathroom fixtures. Make the bed by removing bed linens and making the bed with fresh linen.

BATHROOM CLEANINGS

• Sweeping and damp mopping bathroom floor • Cleaning medicine cabinet mirrors • Cleaning bathroom fixtures for the sink, toilet, bathtub, and shower • This may also include cleaning the toilet, including wiping down toilet seat and toilet base and cleaning the tub, shower walls and floors

KITCHEN CLEANING

• Cleaning refrigerator exteriors • Wiping the stove, oven, hood and backsplash • Cleaning the kitchen table and countertops • Washing, drying and putting away dishes • Stacking and emptying the dishwasher • Cleaning the sink • Cleaning kitchen cabinets • Vacuuming or sweeping the kitchen floor and damp mopping the floor and taking out the trash

GROCERY SHOPPING

Trips to and from the closest grocery store and/or food bank for client groceries. Includes obtaining a shopping list and money/food card from the client for grocery purchases, going to the store or food bank returning to the clients home and putting the groceries away in the refrigerator or cupboards, and providing the client with a receipt and any remaining change.

LAUNDRY

• Collecting and sorting dirty laundry from clients home and washing, drying, folding, returning clean laundry to clients home • Putting the clean laundry in drawers or arranging them on hangers and hanging them in the closet

MEAL PREPARATION

Preparing food that can be completed in a short time frame such as sandwiches, soup, heating frozen dinners, scrambled eggs, toast, and salads.

CANDIDATES QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates seekers should be personable, organized, and enjoy working and assisting the elderly with a solid work ethic, with the initiative for quality and customer service. Candidates that drive or may be a Personal Care Aide or a Home Health Aide are preferable!

EDUCATION

Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent

HOURS

Applicants must be able to work during the day, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm - No Weekends. We have two programs that can guarantee 40 or 30 hours per week.

PLEASE NOTE

In order to be successful, candidates must be reliable and be able to keep a schedule.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be able to provide 2 employment references • Must have a current TB Test • Must have reliable transportation Nurses Aides and CNAs are encouraged to apply!!!