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 (RETURN TO OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE) Employee Assistance Program Gresham Urgent Care would like to be your EAP Provider. Please contact Tara Christensen at 503-924-1386 for more information. We would be pleased to send brochures, make a presentation, or help in any way we can. What is an EAP? An Employee Assistance Program provides counseling services to your employees and their families on a time-limited basis and/or help employees find other resources. Employees may contact their EAP counselors directly and schedule a confidential appointment for personal or job-related problems. An employer may suggest an employee see an EAP counselor due to poor job performance, alcohol or drug problems, safety issues, or other problems which, if unattended, may result in dismissal of the employee. Why an EAP? Your EAP can offer counseling for individuals, couples, families, or groups. We can provide inservice training and workshops on specialized topics. We can come to your site and do critical incident debriefings. We can help with communication skills, team building, stress management, and other areas that reduce tension and increase productivity. What are the benefits of an EAP? An EAP may save you money! Research shows that an EAP can increase productivity, reduce turnover, increase safety in the workplace, reduce absenteeism, and reduce insurance claims. Another benefit of an EAP is that it is free to the employee and maintains the employee's confidentiality. Insurance claims are not confidential, often require a co-pay, and usually require that the client be labeled with a mental illness in order for the claim to be paid. With this information, employees are more likely to use the services of an EAP counselor. Therefore, this is a benefit that employees learn to appreciate. Why worry about the employee's personal problems? You probably already do worry about employee's personal problems - they come to the workplace with your employees. You know it is not your job to do marriage counseling, but that employee's divorce is certainly impacting productivity, absenteeism, and morale. With an EAP, you can show your concern by directing that employee to the help he or she needs. What help is provided? This is not a complete list, but some of the areas of concern that our EAP counselors deal with are:
Please contact Gresham Urgent Care, Tara Hipps for more information. |