Posted 10 months ago
2026 STUDENT Placements
@ Schlegel Villages
Kitchener, Ontario
Overview
Schlegel Villages is offering student placements across its 18 Village locations in Ontario, covering roles such as Personal Support Worker, culinary, nursing, recreation, social work and spiritual care. Students gain hands-on experience as part of multidisciplinary care teams. Placements are not guaranteed after an interview and students must first connect with a Village or Christine Bruder.
Responsibilities:
- Support residents in daily life within a Village neighbourhood team
- Advocate for residents' participation in care decisions
- Gain hands-on experience in a chosen discipline
Requirements summary:
- Enrolled as a student in a relevant program
- Connect with a Village or Christine Bruder before applying
- Placement subject to availability
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-01-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Encouraged to apply | Newcomers to Canada, Racialized people, Students & youth |
| Fields of study | Personal support, Nursing, Culinary, Recreation therapy, Social work |
| Perks mentioned | Employee discount, Paid training |
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Schlegel Villages
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Our Long-term Care and Retirement Villages thrive with a strong family culture.
Full company description
Canadian owned and operated, Schlegel Villages manages high quality long term care and retirement Villages across Ontario. Our Villages benefit from the Schlegel family having over 70 years of direct experience co-owning, managing and operating Long Term Care and Retirement Communities in Ontario. The Schlegel Family’s overarching mission is to build and strengthen community. One very important and tangible way of building community is by providing care and quality of life for older adults, which we have been doing for 70 years. Our central belief is that elders should be kept at the centre of our communities, not relegated to the periphery. The Villages we create are places where elders can live a life of meaning and purpose while continuing to stay connected and contributing to the broader community. Discover your story of growth at www.schlegelvillages.com/careers
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- Business categories
- Health Care
- Communities
- Retirement
- Real Estate
- Other recorded names
- Schlegel Villages
- Specialties
- Long Term Care
- Retirement Living
- Memory Care
- Assisted Living
- Senior Living
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Care
- Health Care
- Village Life
- #ElderWisdom
- Independent Living
- Career Opportunities
- Nursing Care
- and Active Living
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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Canadian owned and operated, Schlegel Villages manages high quality long term care and retirement Villages across Ontario. Our Villages benefit from the Schlegel family having over 70 years of direct experience co-owning, managing and operating Long Term Care and Retirement Communities in Ontario. The Schlegel Family’s overarching mission is to build and strengthen community. One very important and tangible way of…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 5,001-10,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1953 |
| Specialties | Long Term CareRetirement LivingMemory CareAssisted LivingSenior LivingNursing CareDementia CareHealth CareVillage Life#ElderWisdom |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 46 |
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Schlegel Villages Values Students and their commitment to helping others. With our 18 Village locations (and growing) we look forward to the opportunity to help students receive hands on experience and develop the necessary skills to become an exceptional team member.
Please do not apply to this opportunity unless you have already connected with a village or Christine Bruder to ensure placement is available.
Potential Student Roles available at out villages:
- Personal Support Worker
- Culinary - Food Services/Cooks/Chefs/Dieticians/Food & Nutrition Management
- Practical Nursing/Bachelor of Science/Nurse Practitioner
- Recreation & Leisure Services/Therapeutic Recreation
- Administration/Retirement Home Management/Business Management
- Social Work/Social Service Workers
- Gerontology
- Theology/Chaplaincy
- Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy
- Music Therapy/Art Therapy
- Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP)
- High-School Co-operative Placement
We would love to connect with you to learn more about your practicum needs and how we can support your learning.
How Schlegel Villages supports our Students:
- Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
- Discounts at Village Services
- Team appreciation events
As a Student joining our Village, you will:
Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of care to our residents. You will work as a key member of our Village and neighbourhood multidisciplinary teams to understand residents’ individual needs, and advocate for residents to actively participate in decisions about their care.
* please note: an interview does not guarantee placement with Schlegel Villages
You can be you while being a part of our family.
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.
Schlegel Villages is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome newcomers, those of visible minorities such as indigenous, youth and or new comers to Canada to apply.
Placement opportunities following an interview are not guaranteed as each location is limited on how many students they can host at any given time.
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