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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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FAA Academy ATC, AF, and New Student
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Briefing
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What is EAP?
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential program designed to help resolve personal problems.
Licensed professional counselors provided by Magellan Behavioral Health, under contract with the agency, offer information, consultation and brief, solution-oriented counseling services.
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EAP Services Short-term counseling
Assessment and referrals
Consultations
Crisis intervention
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Program
Legal Consultation Services
Financial Services
Geriatric Care Management Services
Human Resources Concierge Services
24/7 Toll Free 1-800-234-1EAP (1237)
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What Does EAP Counselor Do?
Clarify the problem
Identify options
Develop plan of action
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Why do we have an Employee Assistance Program?
20% of employees in the United States have personal problems that impact their job.
Workers with depression cost $30.9 billion dollars a year more in lost productivity when compared to workers with no depression.
Stress costs American businesses more than $300 billion annually (or $7,500 per worker per year) in terms of reduced productivity, absenteeism, turnover and worker’s compensation benefits.
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Why do we have an Employee Assistance Program?
Alcohol Abuse cost the United States an estimated $119 billion in lost productivity in 1995.
Unscheduled absences due to time spent dealing with family issues accounted for 26% of absenteeism in 1998
Depressed employees have three times as many sick days as non-depressed employees.
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Return on Investment (ROI)
The U. S. Department of Labor estimates that every $1 spent on an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), an employer saves $5 to $16.
The EAP can reduce:
* Grievances by 50%
* Sick Leave usage by 33%
* Work related accidents by 65%
* Worker’s compensation claims by 30%
* Time Spent on supervisor reprimands by 74%
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How The EAP Works Up to eight prepaid visits
Short-term offsite counseling
All current FAA employees, their family/household members and retirees or past employees separated within the last 6 months
Confidential and voluntary
Professional network of licensed counselors
Available 24/7 at 1-800-234-1EAP (1327)
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Voluntary Employee cannot be forced to go to EAP A Manager, or Supervisor will not know if an employee
went to EAP, unless the employee is granted duty-time or the employee gave the counselor permission to verify that he or she kept appointment
• No other information is disclosed unless the employee has signed a Release of Information Form
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Confidentiality is the Cornerstone of the EAP
• EXCEPTIONS:• Statement of Understanding specifies exceptions
for IMMINENT threat of harm to self or others (suicide, homicide, child abuse, and in some states elder abuse)
• Form 8500 – TDP employees are required to report injuries or changes in their physical or mental health to the agency
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Form 8500 Question #19
“…consultations with EAP excluded unless for your substance abuse or resulted in referral for psychiatric evaluation or treatment.”
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Release of Information
Whenever a safety/sensitive employee comes to the EAP seeking help for an alcohol or drug abuse/misuse problem, the EAP must ask the safety/sensitive employee to sign a release.
If the safety/ sensitive employee comes to the EAP for a non-alcohol/non-drug abuse problem and the EAP counselor suspects that the safety/sensitive employee may have an alcohol or drug abuse/misuse problem, the EAP must ask the safety/sensitive employee to sign a release.
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TDPs (or EAP) Identified
• Signed Consent Form and
Notify EAP Mgr & Flight Surgeon
• Unsigned Consent Form, EAP ended
and no information disclosed
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RESPONSIVE
EAP available 24/7 1-800-234-1EAP (1327) = live human being Off-site Counselor http://www.MagellanHealth.com
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Questions?