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Federal Aviation Administration. FAA Academy ATC, AF, and New Student. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Briefing. What is EAP?. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential program designed to help resolve personal problems.
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Federal Aviation Administration FAA Academy ATC, AF, and New Student • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Briefing
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.
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)
What Does EAP Counselor Do? • Clarify the problem • Identify options • Develop plan of action
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.
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.
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%
How The EAP Works • Up to eight prepaid visits • Short-term offsite counseling • All FAA employees, their family/household members and retirees within the last 6 months • Confidential and voluntary • Professional network of licensed counselors • Available 24/7 at 1-800-234-1EAP (1327)
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
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
Form 8500 Question #19 • “…consultations with EAP excluded unless for your substance abuse or resulted in referral for psychiatric evaluation or treatment.”
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.
TDPs (or EAP) Identified • Signed Consent Form and Notify EAP Mgr & Flight Surgeon • Unsigned Consent Form, EAP ended and no information disclosed
RESPONSIVE • EAP available 24/7 • 1-800-234-1EAP (1327) = live human being • Off-site Counselor • http://www.MagellanHealth.com