Please choose your Portage Path provider from the drop-down menu ONLY at the time of your scheduled appointment.

If you need to reschedule your appointment, please call 330-253-3100.

If you are in crisis, please call 988 or visit Psychiatric Emergency Services at 10 Penfield Avenue, Akron.

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Join Our Team

Portage Path Behavioral Health employs more than 170 employees at 4 locations. We are always looking for dedicated, caring and motivated people to join our team!

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Why Join Portage Path

For more than 50 years, Portage Path has served the people of Summit County and surrounding areas to recover from mental illness and related substance use issues, regardless of their ability to pay. As a non-profit community mental health center, Portage Path offers a wide array of services including Psychiatry, individual and group therapy, Co-Occurring programs, medication management and in-house pharmacy among others. Join the Portage Path team as we continue to innovate, build trust and exude excellence to our clients, community and stakeholders.

Portage Path Benefits

Portage Path is a great place to work – with great benefits! Spend time doing what you love by enjoying our generous paid time off packages for our full-time and part-time employees. Your health and wellness are our priority, so we provide all of our full-time staff with industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with a wide array of supplemental insurance products. We also offer a generous retirement contribution program!

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Full-time, part-time and PRN opportunities

Competitive salary & incentive programs

Robust retirement package

Full-time and part-time options with fixed and flexible schedule options

Staff wellness activities

Continuing education allowance

Industry-leading medical, dental & vision

Generous time-off, including 9 paid holidays

Company-paid life insurance and disability

Full-time and part-time options with fixed and flexible schedule options

Robust retirement package

Company-paid life insurance and disability

Continuing education budget

Competitive salary & incentive programs

Industry-leading medical, dental & vision

Generous paid
time-off

Staff wellness activities

Additional supplemental insurance product

Vision

Access to Quality Behavioral Healthcare for All

Mission

Portage Path Behavioral Health guides people on the path to recovery from mental illness and related substance use issues, empowering them to rebuild their lives and restore their hope.

Core Values

Teamwork

Portage Path has a strong ethic of teamwork. Our teams seek to constantly improve access to high quality care for all through collaboration, continuous learning, adapting to the needs of the community, and adoption of the best proven practices to help our clients toward recovery using objective data and standards.

Client-Centered Care

We value warm professionalism in a safe, supportive atmosphere where all members of the community feel welcome and included, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status, all care is conducted in partnership with the people we serve, and is centered on their journey to recovery.

Recovery

People can and do recover from mental illness, substance use disorders, and other behavioral health problems. Portage Path is committed to helping local people who come to us for help live their best lives as part of our community.

Outpatient Student Training Program

The Portage Path Student Training Program provides a great opportunity for students from many training disciplines to receive real-world treatment experience that complements their academic program. While at Portage Path, students are assigned a clinical supervisor and provide individual and group therapy and clinical assessments to a diverse group of clients. Opportunities include the Portage Path Psychology Practicum Program for psychology students, as well as Internships for students of counseling, social work, and nursing. Former students have used their great experiences here to launch professional careers in the mental health field and to receive prime fellowships.

Integrated Community Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Training Program

The one-year Integrated Community Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program begins September 1st of each year.

This comprehensive training program includes practice-based learning, didactics, and other supplemental activities in an integrated community mental health environment. Applications are accepted for the fellowship between January 15 and April 15 of each year, with Fellowships commencing September 1st.

Our Positions

PES

Clinical

Admin

Support Access to Care for All

Your donation helps expand mental health and recovery care in Summit County. Contributions strengthen services, outreach, and programs that help restore hope and guide people on the path to recovery.

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