What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Care Assistant position at WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY?
JOB SUMMARY: Provide custom household services and companionship to enhance quality of life, according
to established schedule and productivity standards to ensure assigned areas are maintained according to corporate
policies, community choice guidelines and individual resident needs or requests.
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES/ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
• Perform a variety of household chores, including custom housekeeping consisting of high and low dusting
throughout apartments and public areas to provide clean ventilation of areas;
floor care to consist of sweeping, vacuuming and mopping according to departmental standards to provide
a clean and safe environment; clean and sanitize restrooms and kitchens and provide clean bed linens and
towels according to departmental standards to minimize the spread of germs and ensure sanitary
conditions; remove all solid waste from each assigned apartment to ensure quality infection control and
sanitize all containers in the process
• Perform laundry and ironing services for individual customers
• Assist with resident packing and unpacking associated with resident moves
• Assist with personal shopping and errands for individual customers
• Perform brass and silver polishing for individual customers
• Provide companionship and escort customers to daily functions and activities
• Organize household (closets, cupboards, mail, seasonal items, etc.) for customers
• Provide accurate/updated information on charge tickets to ensure accurate information for billing
• Clean and maintain equipment, storage area and work station according to departmental standards to
ensure proper maintenance and upkeep of equipment and work station
• Additional duties as assigned
EQUIPMENT:
• General household equipment
• General household appliances
• Cleaning products and supplies
• Cleaning cart
• Ladder