EAPs, What are they and how do they help?

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential workplace service that employers pay for. Employees have a confidential place to go with their personal problems. It also helps employees deal with stressors ---- from drug abuse to legal problems, counseling & well being --- so they don't carry over into the workplace.

An EAP provides outside counselors, resources, and referrals to assist employees and their family members. Any employee assistance benefits received by employees or family members remain confidential. So while the employer pays for the service, they have no insight into an employee’s specific use of the service.

Normally, what happens when you offer an EAP is that an employee under stress can call a phone number to get immediate help from a professional counselor on topics like;

-Workplace personality conflicts – advice and suggestions on how to work with a difficult manager or co-workers.

-Drug addiction – advice on how to deal with the employee’s addiction, or how to deal with a family member’s addiction, including teen drug use prevention.

-Mental health issues – depression, anxiety, anger management or other needs an employee or their family members may be dealing with.Health and caregiving issues – how best to manage return to work issues after a worker’s comp claim, or how to manage a disability or medical issue at work, or how to obtain help for an ill or elderly loved one.Legal and family advice – marriage counseling, divorce, or child custody issues.Financial counseling – how to avoid bankruptcy, or how to pay down credit card debt, or create a budget.

-Grief assistance – Support for employees who have lost a loved one as well as for employees experiencing the loss of a co-worker, or a significant event such as a shooting at work.

Most EAPs provide a set number of counselling referral sessions, from 1-3, at no cost to the employee to fully assess the issue before recommending a resource, therapist, or service to the employee.

The EAP does not do long-term counseling, but can help the employee get the ball rolling.

These employee benefits are an amazing tool to use. You can get so much help online, in office and over the phone with their customer service department. If you would like to see Bill Campbell, please feel free to give us a call, or fill out our form on this website, it is monitored 24/7, and we will be more than happy to help you get set up with Bill ASAP.

When you call your EAP provider, tell them you want to see Bill Campbell at Abegweit Associates since he is local and can see him face-to-face.

If you go on the Home page of this website, at the bottom you will see these same pictures, but if you click on them there they will take you to their respective websites where you can see everything they have to offer.

Please, if you have these and you are worried about cost, don't. Just send us a message before you call them with your contact information and we will help you through every step of the way!

Information found on website: https://fitsmallbusiness.com/what-is-an-eap-employee-assistance-program/