How to Choose an EAP Provider
Enhanced Mental Health Counselling Services
Almost all organizations in today's business world offer their employees some sort of EAP or mental health service. These services are almost totally short term, face to face, telephonic or internet based programs. For 80% of the issues faced by organizations, employees & their families this structure maybe sufficient.
What is an Enhanced Mental Health Counselling Service?
Source Line has had the experience of being called during employee mental health meltdowns when no other services seemed available other then 911. These employees, often high valued, needed to be seen quickly and often for a longer period of time to assist the particular employee and their family in the recovery process. Sometimes the organization needs a type of "organizational care" to get through these traumatic episodes. Really, are Human Resource professionals suppose to know what to do when an employee at ant level of the organization starts talking about hurting themselves? I think not!
Other severe problems can be situations such as a brutal marital breakup, accidental or suicidal death, and exposure of a severe drug or alcohol problem in the workplace or some other type of post traumatic incident. These are not problems that are usually fixed through 6 sessions, visiting a website or telephonic therapies; while getting assistance in the private/public system can be confusing, complicated & costly. Source Line with our "in-house" psychiatry and our seasoned clinicians has always provided this type of more comprehensive service.
Recently a number of companies have approached us about providing this enhanced mental health service to employees at the upper levels of their organization or on retainer for one off case situations. They want their "go to", high valued employees to have the best mental health/work life wellness services available.
Depending on your employee mental health needs; please contact us and we'll jointly create the programme your organization wants.
