Careers at Eli's Place
Discover rewarding career opportunities at Eli's Place, where recovery grows.
Eli’s Place is pre-operational and on track to open in fall 2026. Founded over a decade ago by a family with lived experience of serious mental illness, the organization has spent years developing its model, securing its location, and building the board, partnerships and funding foundation needed to launch.
Opening Fall 2026
Located in Guelph Ontario Canada
600-Acre Working Farm
Current Opportunities
We're building our team and will be posting new opportunities as we prepare to open.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to help shape a new recovery-focused therapeutic community from the ground up. The right person for the role recognizes that recovery happens through sustained relationships and community belonging — not through treatment alone.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Clinical Team
Nurse Practitioner
The founding Nurse Practitioner will help build primary care into a program where clinical care, meaningful work and belonging aren’t separate services, they’re one daily life.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Clinical Team
Social Worker
The founding Social Worker will deliver individual and group therapy as part of a farm-based therapeutic community that is built on time, relationship and follow-through.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Clinical Team
Occupational Therapist
The founding Occupational Therapist is a core member of the interdisciplinary clinical team, helping Guests rebuild daily routines, life skills and a sense of purpose, from the ground up.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Administration Team
Financial Controller
The founding Financial Controller is a core member of the administration team who will lead financial systems, controls and reporting for a first-of-its-kind therapeutic community, from day one.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Guest Services Team
Care Coordinator
Families come to Eli’s Place navigating some of the hardest decisions of their lives. The founding Care Coordinator is a steady, familiar point of contact from first inquiry through a Guest’s transition home.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Guest Services Team
Residence Advisor
Residence Advisors are a steady, everyday presence alongside Guests as they rebuild confidence and independence, in shared meals, daily routines and the life of a close therapeutic community.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Guest Services Team
Work Team Lead
Meaningful work is where recovery takes root. The founding Work Team Leads will work side by side with Guests across a 600-acre farm and the practical, hands-on work that fills each day.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Guest Services Team
Residence Manager
The founding Residence Manager will lead the team that makes it feel like home, the shared meals, daily rhythms and steady presence that turn a residence into a community.
Eli's Place | Guelph, Ontario
Guest Services Team
Work Teams Manager
The founding Work Teams Manager will lead the team that works side by side with Guests across a 600-acre farm and the practical, hands-on work that fills each day.
What to Expect:
How to Apply
Please submit a résumé and a cover letter by email to jobs@elisplace.org (application details can be found in the pdf for each job posting).
Cover Letter
Your cover letter should speak to your relevant experience, your understanding of the therapeutic community model and what draws you to Eli’s Place. The substance of the cover letter is an important part of the screening process.
Equal Opportunity
Eli’s Place is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities and are committed to a fair and accessible hiring process.
Interviews
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We thank all applicants for their interest in Eli’s Place. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Eli's Place will make its home at Loyola House in Guelph, Ontario.
A residence built in 1960, renovated to suit our needs and set on a 600-acre working farm and conservation area, will welcome guests in 2026.
The property has been in continuous operation for over 100 years and is owned and stewarded by the Ignatius Jesuit Centre. Eli’s Place will inhabit the residence, which offers 32 guest bedrooms, with an operational target of 28 guests. The program will open at 10 guests and scale to full capacity through the first year of operations.
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