Sorting Room Worker, Thrift Store, Punta Gorda, FL

Location: Port Charlotte Corps, Port Charlotte, Florida    

Position Type:     Regular Full-Time

Pay Range:         $13.00/hour

About this opportunity:

The Sorting Room Worker receives, sorts, prices, and prepares donated items for display, ensuring items meet suitability and pricing standards, while maintaining warehouse cleanliness and order.

Key responsibilities:

• Receives, inspects and sorts donated items such as clothes, shoes, household items, bric-a-brac, etc. according to the category and condition

• Selects items suitable for store display and distributes same to appropriate area for further sorting and/or pricing, discards items in accordance with established procedures.

• Tags items with specially coded tickets and/or price in accordance with established procedures.

• Hangs clothes on hangers and places same on clothes racks

• Lifts and carries items to the appropriate destination for further processing, storage or displaying in store

• Maintains warehouse area in a neat and orderly manner; cleans floors, tables and work areas

What we are looking for in you:

• No formal education or experience required.
• Ability to follow instructions and work independently

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: The position requires the ability to meet attendance requirements, communicate in English, and physically lift, carry, and/or push/pull moderately heavy objects (25-50 lbs.). Duties involve moderate mobility, including sitting, standing, and walking, usually within the same building. Work is performed in a warehouse environment, where physical discomforts may arise from changes in weather, as well as exposure to noise, dust, dirt, and similar conditions.

Employee Benefits

• PTO
• Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance and more!

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Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  03/11/2025 – 06/11/2025

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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We appreciate your interest in employment opportunities with The Salvation Army!