CLEANER HEAVY DUTY (Bilingual English and French) Full-time Job

The City’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division supports residents in long-term care homes to have the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible through exceptional care and services, enabling people to live with support and age with dignity. The Division believes in the values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. CareTO is our brand for the culture change we are investing in for the City’s directly operated long-term care homes (https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/rental-housing-tenant-information/finding-housing/long-term-care-homes/careto/). Based on evidence-informed research, our goal is to improve the experiences of all those who live, work, volunteer, and visit.

Major Responsibilities:

• Cleans, washes, strips and waxes floors and stairs. (Including dispensing cleaning solutions and uses equipment such as mops, disinfecting tools, buffers, floor scrubbing and carpet cleaning machines.
• Vacuums and cleans carpeted areas (i.e. including shampooing carpeting areas, and furniture, using required equipment
• Sets up, moves and takes down furniture, tables, chairs etc. for functions.
• Cleans, polishes and dusts washrooms, locker rooms, offices, windows, air ducts, etc.
• Monitors and secures facilities Performs maintenance duties i.e. change A/C filters, grease motors, change belts.
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used.
• Shovels snow, salts walkways and lots, cuts grass.
• Maintains light fixtures and replaces bulbs and related appliances.
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes.
• Directs the parking in City of Toronto garage and entrance at City of Toronto properties.
• Defrosts cleans and disinfects refrigerators.
• Stocks and maintains cleaning cart.
• Picks up garbage and recyclable and removes to designated areas.
• Performs storekeeping duties.
• Delivers clean linen, gowns and clothing (i.e. Including labelling and de-labelling residents clothing).

 

Key Qualifications:
Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Bilingual in French and English in accordance with the French Language Services Act.
2. Experience performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
3. Experience using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
4. Experience following infection control protocols and procedures.

 

You must also have:

• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work.
• Knowledge of Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Guidelines.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, residents and families.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain written records and use communication equipment such as telephones.
• Ability and willingness to transport resident from their room to dining area.
• Ability to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity and respectful workplaces.

 

Please Note:

As a condition of employment with the Long-Term Care Homes & Services Division, selected candidates will be required to provide a satisfactory Police Reference Check (PRC) with vulnerable sector screening, tuberculosis screening and proof of immunization in accordance with the Fixing Long-Term Care Act (O.Reg. 246/22).

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.