Cleaner / Domestic Assistant

About Us:

Colomba Cleaners for Seniors focuses on providing essential domestic cleaning services to support seniors to stay in a safe and clean home for longer.  We also assist with some decluttering and organising services to provide better access for our clients within their homes.

We are looking for people living on Sunshine Coast who want to make a difference, are honest, reliable and trustworthy.  We are looking for cleaners / domestic assistants in locations across the Sunshine Coast to take over some existing client regular cleans and assist with some spring cleans. We have a number of spring cleans to be completed and are increasing our regular clean customer base, areas in demand are Noosa, Buderim, Maroochydore, Caloundra, Sippy Downs and Nambour.

We welcome people from all walks of life - you might be just starting out in the workforce, or returning to work after some time off, or been a cleaner for some time, but would like a change.

Our dedicated and friendly staff contribute to our success and are the most important part of our business. We collaborate with our team and work with them to ensure an enjoyable and rewarding experience. We encourage development in the workplace and value flexibility in our team.

Why Work with Us?

• Casual Work - flexible hours to suit your study or family commitments
• Monday to Friday daytime work
• Work close to home at locations across the Sunshine Coast
• Travel time and km's paid between jobs
• All cleaning equipment provided
• Above Award Rates
• Small, close knit team
• Rewarding work supporting seniors to live in their home long term
• Mix of regular and spring cleans

The Role

Our Casual Cleaners provide essential cleaning and some decluttering services to our clients helping them to maintain and enhance their homes and their standard of living whilst reducing health and safety risks.

The work will mainly include domestic cleans, Spring Cleans and Deep Cleans. Common services include:

Regular Domestic Clean

● Floors - sweep or vacuum plus mop

● Bathrooms - clean vanity/mirrors/showers/baths/toilets

● Dusting / polishing

● Making bed and / changing sheets

● General laundry - washing, hanging out, drying, folding, sorting

● Wash dirty dishes/ pots and pans

● Sort and dispose of out-of-date food in fridge / pantry

Spring, Ready for Sale, Settlement or Bond Clean

● Ceiling fans (requires use of a ladder)

● Windows - inside and outside (including lifting window out, cleaning and replacing)

● Light fittings

● Wash walls and ceilings

● Skirting boards

● Clean oven, grill, rangehood

● Wipe down benches/ splash back

● Empty kitchen cupboards - wipe down inside, outside, on top and reorganize contents

● Move furniture to clean underneath and behind, including fridge and washing machine

● Sweep carport, garage, outside

Declutter, Organise, Pack and Unpack

● Work with clients to ascertain what is to be kept and put items away neatly

● Pack items ready for donation, leave for pick up or deliver to an op shop

● Rubbish to be put in bins onsite, left for collection or taken offsite, recycle where possible

What we are looking for

• Ability to work 15 plus hours a week
• Respectful communication skills
• Client / Customer focused
• Ability to follow manager and client instructions, see and do extras
• Time management, being able to work within the specified time frame
• Commitment to supporting clients to live independently
• Understanding of boundaries required to maintain professional relationships with clients
• Smart phone

Please apply even if you have no cleaning experience. We are committed to ensuring all our team members have excellent training and support to do their best.

Successful candidates must also be able to provide evidence of the following:

• Evidence of eligibility to work in Australia, ie. Australian citizen or permanent residency
• Pre-employment satisfactory National criminal history prior to employment
• Current QLD Drivers license
• Permanent access to a registered, roadworthy and reliable motor vehicle

If you think you would like to come on board with us, please forward your application to  I am happy to answer any queries regarding the role so please get in touch to chat about it further.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.