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Full Service Mental Health EAP Program Model With On-Site
This model includes all of the features of the Full Service Model package.
The difference? A counsellor is on-site. He or she is scheduled and available to see employees in a designated office. The counsellor is also available to management and employees for formal and informal meetings and consultations. Employees have the choice of either being seen at the on-site office location or at any of the off-site offices.
Did you know? At least 40% of employees
choose
to use the services at the on-site locations.
By having a counsellor on-site, the counselling process is demystified. The counsellor becomes known and trusted by the organization and employees, which yields other prevention interventions.
Con
- The added expense of buying the on-site time.
- Organization has to commit to promoting the wellness service and prevention programs.
Pro
- All the benefits of the full service model.
- Having a counsellor on-site creates an atmosphere of trust and leads to more prevention and proactive initiatives. The benefit to the organization? Lower organizational health costs.
- Supervisory, union and organization consultations are more readily requested.
- Better opportunity for the establishment of a wellness committee with representation from all levels of the organization.
On-site service benefits your organization in so many ways:
- An on-site counsellor becomes aware of the unique elements of your corporate culture and any site-specific issues that may be effecting job employee engagement, satisfaction and work performance.
- As employees get to know the counsellor, any fears about counselling go away. Consequently employees are more likely to address and deal with their problems at earlier stages before they critically affect their work performance, personal relationships and/or mental health.
- Instead of managing disability, organizations actually have an opportunity to prevent disability thereby controlling health costs.