Spiritual Care Provider

The Village of Riverside Glen located in Guelph , Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a Spiritual Care Provider to join their team. This is a contract position for a total of 30 hours per month in Long Term Care and in Retirement combined.

How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members: 

You can be you while being part of our Family!

• Competitive salary, and benefits;


• Significant opportunities for Growth and Development: Our Leaders come from within;


• Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and generous rewards and recognition;


• Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings;


• Individualized Assistance for Team Member Education and Development;


• Loans and Scholarships to help our team members realize their greatest potential;


• Financial Hardship Support Program: Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund;


• A Unique Family Culture: Every Person in Every Village is a branch of our Family Tree

As a new Spiritual Care Provider joining our village, you will:

Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver and support comprehensive spiritual wellness programs to our residents. You will work as key members of our village and neighbourhood multidisciplinary teams to understand residents’, Neighbourhood and overall village needs to development of programs that enhance Village life.

Working closely with our Director of Recreation, you will engage our residents, team members and wider village community.  You are responsible for the overall ongoing programming, development and management of the spiritual care/wellness program, including special spiritual programs, facilitation of ongoing communication with residents' home churches, and coordination of spiritual care volunteers for special programs.

To be successful as our new Spiritual Care Provider, you will:

• Have theological training from a recognized organization and be ordained or licensed by a faith group.


• Be excited by our objectives, our Village philosophy and the family values that shape all aspects of life in a Schlegel Village.


• Have the ability to assess spiritual needs in a sensitive manner.


• Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members.


• Have excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, including counseling skills.

It would be an asset if our new Spiritual Care Provider has:

• Previous experience providing multi faith, spiritual care in a senior living community and/or with the elderly in the community.


• A current Heart Save level of CPR/First Aide (or a willingness to obtain).

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, Village design and culture change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.