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Valley of the Moon Residential Service Worker

Now hiring: Valley of the Moon Residential Service Worker! Starting salary up to $29.85/hour* depending upon experience.

This recruitment is being conducted to fill three intermittent extra-help Residential Service Worker positions at the Human Services Department's Valley of the Moon Children's Home. Residential Service Workers provide a variety of services, including:

Laundry

• Laundering linens, clothing, and personal items for children in residence
• Keeping closets stocked with towels, sheets, blankets, and pillowcases

Housekeeping and Cleaning Support

• Maintaining inventory of children's clothing, toys, toiletries, and sports equipment
• Emptying wastebaskets, sweeping and mopping floors, and washing windows and showcases
• Making beds and changing linens
• Cleaning restrooms and replenishing supplies
• Dusting, polishing, and preparing rooms for meetings
• Supporting special events for children and foster families including holidays, training, and recognition events

Food Preparation

• Preparing, cooking, handling, and serving food
• Washing dishes, pots, and pans
• Maintaining sanitation standards

The ideal candidate will possess many of the following:

• Six months of experience in janitorial work and/or food preparation
• Experience cleaning commercial buildings
• A positive attitude, and the ability to work as a member of a large team
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Attention to detail and a solution-based mindset

This position requires the ability to lift, push, and pull heavy equipment and supplies. Also, Residential Service Workers may be required to work for long periods of time while standing, and under conditions of high temperature.

Extra-help employment

Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Intermittent, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. In addition, they do not receive most regular employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage; accrual of vacation; participation in the County retirement program; or eligibility to take promotional examinations. Intermittent, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of 1,380 hours within any twelve-month consecutive period. Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

This list may also be used to fill future extra-help vacancies as they occur during the active status of the list. Salary is negotiable within the established range.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire to be completed.