Abraxas Youth & Family Services

Abraxas is a national nonprofit founded in 1973, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with roughly 501–1000 employees. It serves more than 5,000 youth, adults, and families a year across alternative education, outpatient counseling, in-home services, shelter, detention, residential treatment, and re-entry. Day to day you sit inside youth and behavioral health rather than a traditional med-surg floor. A former Nurse Manager called the work challenging but enriching, the kind where you watch adolescents push through hard seasons. Benefits on the careers side include medical, dental, and vision; PTO, holidays, and training time; life and disability; FSAs; EAP; wellness offerings; referral bonuses; and paid CPR and First Aid. Retirement is listed as a 403(b) on the main careers page and as a 401(k) on a Shelby LPN posting, so confirm the plan type when you talk with them. There is a Tuition Assistance Program, the employer is PSLF-eligible, and LPN postings note paid training with no experience required plus broader career advancement paths. Shelby itself is a small Ohio town with a slower pace, local schools and events, and a short hop to Mansfield or Akron. Ohio is a nursing compact state. Glassdoor currently sits near 3.0 from about 142 ratings—useful context before you decide.

Nonprofit youth and family behavioral health continuum; equal opportunity employer that states it celebrates diversity and an inclusive environment.