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You can keep the well-being, health and, therefore, job performance of your people on track when you implement the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) from LifeWorks. Our EAP has been built from the ground up to proactively engage 100% of your employees.
As an employer, you can never be entirely certain which personal issues your staff are facing at any given time. They might not be forthcoming about such issues – but, fortunately, when they have ready access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), they don’t need to be.
In the workplace, an EAP is put in place by the employer, allowing their staff to utilize it for various personal problems originating from the workplace itself or elsewhere. Through the EAP, your staff can access free assessments and counselling from Masters-trained professionals.
Whether the employee is receiving guidance on relationships, finance, retirement or any other subject covered through the EAP, there’s no need for them to notify you. This confidentiality can put them at ease, instilling them with the confidence to seek the help they need, when they need it.
Whenever a member of your workforce needs advice from a professional whose area of expertise is human services, social work, psychology or counselling, that advice can be close at hand. We’ve also built up an extensive network of counsellors and affiliates all trained to master’s standard.
Every employee on your payroll goes on their own journey, from education and training right through to career success and retirement. Our network includes professionals who can help with all of those stages. This benefit hints at the inherent flexibility of a LifeWorks-offered EAP.
Did you know that, according to our research, 63% of people who were new to the LifeWorks EAP's 24/7 Care Access Centre, and used it to set up an appointment with a specialised professional, would not have engaged with such a professional through other, more traditional measures?
Your staff, too, can instantly access the right counsellors by using a LifeWorks-provided Employee Assistance Program. Through this EAP, the counsellors in our network offer confidential and secure virtual counselling sessions by video, chat, group and telephonic means.
If required, your employees can also receive face-to-face, in-person counselling from LifeWorks-affiliated professionals. By calling our 24/7 Care Access Center, a specialised professional will assess their individual needs carefully. If they cannot provide the right level of support there and then, the employee will be referred to one of the LifeWorks network of master's level clinical counsellors and affiliates.
Your employees have many different responsibilities to contend with before they even set foot in the office for the day. Your people have bills to pay, young and elderly relatives to look after, debt to manage and a future, perhaps including retirement, to plan for.
However, that doesn’t mean that you won’t have to deal with all of the above as well. Subsequently, we don’t just support employees with everyday emotional and practical issues – but help managers in exactly the same way.
Whatever your staff’s requirements, well-being content on offer through the LifeWorks EAP can be personalized to meet them. This content ranges from easily digestible videos and articles right through to podcasts, online toolkits and infographics.
When a traumatic, violent or otherwise critical incident occurs, professionals from our network can be onsite quickly with the right support. For firms, we offer critical incident support on a 24/7 basis.
The approach we take to a critical incident is always well-informed from a clinical view, enabling us to handle a wide range of such incidents. These include workplace violence and accidents, natural or terrorist disasters and more.
EAP services are confidential. The EAP doesn’t let an employer or anyone else know that anybody has called unless consent and written permission have been given. No manager, supervisor, not even a partner or spouse is notified. The only exception to this rule of confidentiality is if the EAP consultant learns that someone is at risk of self-harm or of harming others. In this case, the consultant may be required to report the situation to the appropriate authorities.
Contacting the EAP is easy:
Simply call the toll-free telephone number. If you do not have the telephone number, ask your human resources (HR) representative for it.
When you call the EAP, be prepared to give your name, address, and the name of your organization. Your name and any other identifying information will be kept confidential. Your employer’s name is important because it allows the EAP consultant to identify the specific type of service your employer is providing along with other important benefit-related information. Return calls can be arranged at your discretion.
The EAP consultant will discuss your needs and concerns with you, listen, and assess the situation. Depending on your situation, the EAP consultant may:
The EAP service is provided by at no cost to the employee. However, if an employee accepts a referral to services outside the EAP, they may be responsible for any associated costs. The EAP consultant will work with the employee to find the most appropriate and cost-effective help to address their needs.
