Employee Assistance Program

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Employee Assistance Program

• Employee and Manager Orientation
• VBA
• May 5, 2008

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What is an EAP?

• An employee assistance program (EAP) provides
  quick and easy access to confidential resources
  to help you meet the challenges you face daily.

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What is an EAP?

• Employer-sponsored program
• Available to you and your household members at NO
  COST
• Services are confidential
• EAP representatives are available 24 hours
  a day, 365 days a year to assist you
• Access services via phone or web

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Confidentiality

• Confidentiality is essential to your EAP. We make
  every effort to protect your privacy and abide by
  the legal and ethical requirements to maintain
  confidentiality.

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Counseling

• Relationship or family problems
• Alcohol or drug abuse
• Feelings of loss or grief
• Depression or anxiety
• Stress management
• Times of crisis
• Work issues

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Providers

• Clinical social workers
• Professional counselors
• Marriage and family therapists
• Psychologists

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Child care referral and resources

• Adoption, pregnancy, and infertility
• Child care and backup care
• Child development norms
• Resources for children with special needs
• Summer camps and programs
• Education issues and preparing for college
• Before and after school programs

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Elder care referral and resources

• Finding various elder care solutions
• Housing options
• Caregiving issues
• Successful aging
• Adjusting to retirement
• Health concerns
• Adult day care

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Financial consultation

• Budgeting
• College funding and student loans
• Small business financing
• Divorce
• Insurance

• Retirement
• Financial planning
• Credit and debt
• Mortgages
• Taxes

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Legal and mediation services

• Online legal forms
• Personal business
• Civil or consumer issues
• Criminal matters
• Estate law
• Divorce and child custody
• IRS
• Personal injury
• Real estate issues
• Landlord/tenant issues
• Personal or family legal services

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Online resources

• Parenting and child care
• Marriage and relationship concerns
• Health and wellness
• Finance/legal
• Adult care

• Workplace issues
• Education
• Mental health
• Daily life
• Consumer education
• Moving
• Pet care

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EAP AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL

• Management Consultations
• Workplace Trauma Response
• Informal Referrals ( personal problems have not
  developed into performance issues)
• Formal Referrals (Decline in performance or
  violation of company policy)
• EAP is a supplement not a substitute for policies
  and procedures

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Addressing Performance Problems

• Signs of decline in performance
• Underlying problems
• Responsibilities of
• Supervisor
• EAP
• Employee

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Call us! We can help.

• Substance abuse
• Relationships
• Work issues
• Emotional concerns
• Elder or child care providers
• Stress management
• Financial and legal matters
• Wellness and prevention

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For assistance day or night simply call
1-800-346-5484 Were here to
help you!