Abraxas Youth & Family Services
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Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Abraxas provides services in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.
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About Abraxas Youth & Family Services
Abraxas turns 50 years old! Fifty years of building better futures.
Abraxas is a national leader in providing residential, community based and in home services for youth, adults and families.
Abraxas Youth & Family Services is a nonprofit provider of a diversified array of services to over 6,500 youth, adults and families each year. Abraxas began in Marienville, Pennsylvania in 1973 with only one site and only 30 clients. Now, 50 years later, Abraxas continues to deliver innovative, personalized and collaborative services. We offer treatment, behavioral health services, educational & vocational support, life skills, family counseling, recreation and community engagement. We are strength-based, client-centered, family-oriented and trauma-focused. Abraxas offers alternative education, outpatient counseling, in-home services, shelter, detention, residential treatment and re-entry/transition assistance.
Our Programs Work • Our Staff Cares • Our Kids Succeed • Our Society Benefits
Why Abraxas?Abraxas is a national leader in providing residential, community based and in home services for youth, adults and families.
Abraxas Youth & Family Services is a nonprofit provider of a diversified array of services to over 6,500 youth, adults and families each year. Abraxas began in Marienville, Pennsylvania in 1973 with only one site and only 30 clients. Now, 50 years later, Abraxas continues to deliver innovative, personalized and collaborative services. We offer treatment, behavioral health services, educational & vocational support, life skills, family counseling, recreation and community engagement. We are strength-based, client-centered, family-oriented and trauma-focused. Abraxas offers alternative education, outpatient counseling, in-home services, shelter, detention, residential treatment and re-entry/transition assistance.
Our Programs Work • Our Staff Cares • Our Kids Succeed • Our Society Benefits
If you want a career that makes a difference, if you’re looking for a fast pace, flexibility, a work environment which promotes teamwork and collaboration, and opportunities for advancement then Abraxas is for you! At Abraxas you will be a part of something much larger than yourself. You will be making a difference in the life of a young person and helping them build a better future for themselves, their family and the community they live in or are returning home to.
What can you expect as an Abraxas Team Member?• A safe and structured work environment.
• Opportunity to mentor and role model for youth
• Potential for career advancement.
• Benefit program for full–time employees
Building Better Futures! Be A Part of it!• Opportunity to mentor and role model for youth
• Potential for career advancement.
• Benefit program for full–time employees
"TO ME, ABRAXAS IS ALL ABOUT OPPORTUNITY…"
I started my employment working night shifts two days after I graduated from college in May of 1995. At first it was just an entry level job into a field I knew nothing about. It soon blossomed into a “Life’s Work”. Working with our young people provides them with the opportunity to see life through a different lens and act on it, while allowing me to foster growth and change to impact the world from my small place in it. Working at Abraxas I is “The Road Less Traveled” as Robert Frost said , and “it made all of the difference”. I am forever thankful that I decided to do this work.…
JIM TOWN, FACILITY DIRECTOR ABRAXAS I
Our ImpactI started my employment working night shifts two days after I graduated from college in May of 1995. At first it was just an entry level job into a field I knew nothing about. It soon blossomed into a “Life’s Work”. Working with our young people provides them with the opportunity to see life through a different lens and act on it, while allowing me to foster growth and change to impact the world from my small place in it. Working at Abraxas I is “The Road Less Traveled” as Robert Frost said , and “it made all of the difference”. I am forever thankful that I decided to do this work.…
JIM TOWN, FACILITY DIRECTOR ABRAXAS I
HELPING PEOPLE, HELPING FAMILIES, HELPING THE COMMUNITY
Number of Employees in Abraxas Youth & Family Services
501 to 1,000
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