Download or read book The Utilization of Employee Assistance i e Assistance Program Services by Managers written by James G. Panks and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Employee Assistance Programs in Higher Education written by R Paul Maiden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the challenges faced by university based EAPs and the strategies to effectively meet needsand discover what works and what does not Academia is a diverse workplace unlike any other, and subsequently, employee assistance program (EAP) issues are unique. Employee Assistance Programs in Higher Education focuses on the unique challenges of employee assistance service delivery in a university setting. This handy resource discusses the evolution, development, and strategies in managing an EAP in academia while comparing the substantial differences in program application between academic settings and corporate settings. Discussions include outsourcing, support groups, implementation of services, and effective model frameworks. Employee Assistance Programs in Higher Education explores in depth how the difference of being an academic institution influences the administration of an EAP. Reducing costs, assessing the value of an EAP, faculty resistance to accessing EAPs, organizational and interpersonal problems, manager support groups to reduce stress, developing ’soft skills’, and addressing the deaths of faculty, staff, and students are examined in detail. This unique resource is extensively referenced and includes tables to clearly present data. Topics in Employee Assistance Programs in Higher Education include: the evolution of the IAEAPE university EAP response to traumas on campus enhancing faculty access university EAPs and outsourcing creating a specialized EAP program comparison between academic and corporate cultures case study of the University of Saskatchewan EAP and more! Employee Assistance Programs in Higher Education is a comprehensive resource for academic administrators; benefit plan managers; university based EAP managers and directors; EAP, work/life, and wellness professionals; members of International Association of Employee Assistance Professionals in Education; Employee Assistance Professionals Association; Employee Assistance Society of North America; Association of Work Life Professionals; Society for Human Resource Management Schools of Social Work; educators in schools of social work, psychology, counseling education, and business.

Download or read book Evaluation of Employee Assistance Programs written by Marvin D Feit and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book brings together for the first time critical information about the evaluation of employee assistance programs. Although EAPs have existed for over 40 years, the assessment of their value has been fragmented. Contributors to this new volume--blending practical and academic insights--document concerns, address the newer issues and developments in the field of EAPs, and present case examples of actual evaluations. The range and diversity of topics reflect EAPs in transition, their growth patterns, evaluation needs, and evaluation methods. Overall, this important volume emphasizes that successful evaluations depend not only on methodological expertise but a consideration of much broader salient and societal issues.

Download or read book Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs written by R Paul Maiden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Perspectives of Employee Assistance Programs is the first book of its kind to empirically address the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) concept and model in a diverse, global context. This book features a variety of studies which deal with the design, delivery, cultural adaptability, evaluation, and measurement of international employee assistance programs in a truly global variety of settings. Contributors also evaluate the impact of EAP on expatriates, the potential for an international well-being assessment tool, and the training of international EAP professionals. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.

Download or read book Utilization of an Employee Assistance Program by Public Sector Employees written by Peter M. Waselchuk and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would Village employees utilize such a program? 3. What are employee concerns regarding employer sponsored counseling programs? The literature provided solid background material. That information, combined with the data compiled from the survey results was effective in determining the attitudes of the targeted population. That population was the public employees of the Village. The survey respondents regarded EAPs well. While they indicated that they would use this type of counseling service, they had strong concerns such as the assurance of program confidentiality. There are three primary factors involved in successful employee assistance programs; employees, employers and the EAPs. The general recommendation of this research project is that each group remain positive, proactive and flexible in their interaction with each other.

Download or read book The Integration of Employee Assistance Work Life and Wellness Services written by Mark Attridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive cross-section of experienced professionals who discuss their efforts to fully integrate employee assistance, work/life, and wellness services.

Download or read book Employee Assistance Programs in Managed Care written by William Winston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make sense of the managed care systems that dominate the world of EAP professionals and programs today! Employee Assistance Programs in Managed Care gives you a valuable overview of modern employee assistance programs. It compares and contrasts EAPs with managed behavioral care products and examines how EAPs are often provided in conjunction with managed care services. This timely book, vital in today’s ever-changing EAP climate, will familiarize you with essential managed behavioral technology such as the application of medical necessity criteria. This is especially important today in an environment dominated by employer- or insurer-sponsored managed care systems. You also get a helpful directory of EAP/managed care companies Employee Assistance Programs in Managed Care is your guidebook to today’s EAPs, providing vital information about: the services modern EAPs offer to employers and employees participating in networks to provide both therapy and EAP services how EAPs interface with managed behavioral care organizations how EAPs are sold how EAPs are marketed and managed today professional issues--certification, credentials, ethics, and more ways that counseling professionals can participate in them to the advantage of their clients--and to their professional practices EAP professionals, clinical social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, benefit consultants, insurance brokers, psychiatric nurses, and clinical nurse specialists can all improve their practices and stay current with Employee Assistance Programs in Managed Care.

Download or read book Effective Employee Assistance Programs written by Gloria Cunningham and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-01-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for anyone currently active in the field of Employee Assistance, this volume will also be an important resource for students and professionals in the fields of social work, substance abuse, clinical and counseling psychology, management, and public administration.

Download or read book EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Wellness Enhancement Programming 4th Ed written by Michael A. Richard and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark text discusses current issues and trends to help employee assistance and human resource professionals do their jobs better and help people live happier, more productive lives by providing them with the resources to deal with personal problems. The current spiraling and escalating rate of change within the business and working world, fueled by other events and phenomena since September 11, 2001, were the impetus and driving force behind the initiative and development of this new fourth edition. This book contains 43 chapters; a total of 21 are from the first two editions, eleven were written specifically for the third edition, and eleven new chapters were exclusively written for this new fourth edition. While savoring the still pertinent, meaningful and relevant-to-today materials from the previous editions, there are nine new updates, written by an all-star team of experts in their respective areas. The topics include history and philosophy, structure and organization, client services and characteristics, program planning and evaluation, professional and paraprofessional training and development, special issues, selected examples and future directions. An excellent textbook for college and university courses and preparation source, this book is a must for professionals wanting to be up-to-date on employee assistance programming, for students in graduate courses and seminars, for college and university courses, and in-service training and continuing education programs.

Download or read book The Employee Assistance Handbook written by James M. Oher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-06-25 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, edited by a member of the ETHS class of 1966, presents a review of the best practices in Employee Assistance Programs.

Download or read book The Effect of Employee Assistance Programs EAPs on Behavioral Healthcare Utilization The Role of Race Ethnicity written by Courtney Coles and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Objective: Employee assistance programs (EAPs) are employer-sponsored interventions aimed at addressing a variety of issues that impact employee well-being and job performance. EAPs are designed to offer early intervention to mitigate problems experienced by employees and their spouses and dependents without requiring copayment. Despite the widespread offering of EAP services, there is little evidence in recent years describing the types of patients who utilize EAP services. It has been estimated that EAP services are benefits offered by tens of thousands of employers; however, estimates suggest only upwards of 6% of employees utilize these services. Researchers have urged that future research in the EAP field focus on identifying facilitators and barriers to EAP utilization and characteristics of EAP users. Compared to gender and age, race/ethnicity is a characteristic less commonly examined as a potential factor influencing EAP service use. This is likely because the study often lacks race/ethnicity data. The differential use of EAP services by race/ethnicity reported in the literature suggests that there may be a group that potentially benefits from these services, but is not obtaining them - due to inaccessibility, unawareness or negative perceptions of these services. Therefore, it is important to characterize employees who underutilize EAP services when they have access with little to no financial obstacles to utilize these services. Predictors of behavioral healthcare resource utilization are commonly studied; however, the receipt of EAP services has rarely been examined in recent years. A key research question yet to be answered is whether EAP services serve as a complement or a substitute for behavioral health services. Few studies have rigorously evaluated the effect of EAP use on subsequent behavioral healthcare utilization and the results are mixed. Further, the literature is inundated with evidence that there are lower rates of behavioral health treatment by minorities compared to Whites, and it is plausible that EAP services may serve as an entry point specifically for minorities who would not otherwise pursue behavioral health services. Understanding whether minorities have an alternative route to behavioral health treatment may be helpful in ameliorating behavioral health care disparities. In summary, the research objective of this dissertation was to evaluate if 1) race/ethnicity serves as a predictor of EAP service utilization, 2) individuals utilize EAP services as a complement or a substitute for behavioral health services and 3) whether that relationship differs by race/ethnicity. Study Design: An individual-level retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. The unit of observation was the person-year. Principal Findings: Among the sample of commercially-insured adults with access to both EAP services and behavioral health services through a managed behavioral health organization (n=1,364,539 person-years), the EAP service utilization rate was 2%. Most minorities were found to have statistically significantly lower EAP service utilization relative to Whites, after controlling for other variables in the model. EAP services were utilized as complements - rather than substitutes - of traditional behavioral health services. When examining the results stratified by race/ethnicity, this association is seen by each racial/ethnic group. Conclusions: The low EAP service utilization suggests stakeholders (e.g. employers, EAP vendors) should consider options to increase utilization. The study findings also suggest that, in a population of adults with employer-sponsored insurance, there are racial/ethnic differences in EAP service utilization. Due to the similar rates of behavioral health disorders relative to Whites, it is unclear why minorities would utilize these services less often. The finding that EAP services were utilized as complements suggests that access to the EAP may have encouraged more employees to seek outpatient behavioral health services as EAPs are typically promoted to employees in a way designed to have a destigmatizing effect. This was found to be true among all racial/ethnic groups. Implications for Policy or Practice: A key challenge facing stakeholders is how to best encourage racial/ethnic minorities to utilize behavioral health services. Due to the overlapping nature of EAP services and behavioral health services, EAP services appear to be a valuable substitute for traditional behavioral health services.

Download or read book Strategies for Employee Assistance Programs written by William J. Sonnenstuhl and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Key Issues report addresses questions often raised by employers and union leaders setting out to develop job-based programs to help alcoholic and other troubled employees. Following chapters on the historical development and key components of EAPs, the authors discuss the importance of balance in program strategies and in corporate and union responsibilities. The authors also present examples to show the role EAPs might play when the problems of alcoholic and other troubled employees lead to arbitration and workers' compensation cases. The focus in the concluding chapter is on the future of EAPs—the need for more research and further development of educational programs for EAP practitioners.

Download or read book Essentials of Public Health Management written by L. Fleming Fallon Jr. and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely revision addresses all the important topics in the effective management of public health departments and agencies. Using a practical, non-theoretical approach, the book is ideal for the hands on management of these complex organizations and their daily operations. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised with all new case studies for each chapter as well as the most up-to-date information on critical, contemporary topics in management, human resources, operations, and more, all within the context of the public health department. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Download or read book Employee Assistance Programs written by Susan M. Freeland and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Identifying Factors Relating to Employee Assistance Program Utilization written by Judith Ann Marino and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of Employee Assistance Programs written by Marvin D Feit and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book brings together for the first time critical information about the evaluation of employee assistance programs. Although EAPs have existed for over 40 years, the assessment of their value has been fragmented. Contributors to this new volume--blending practical and academic insights--document concerns, address the newer issues and developments in the field of EAPs, and present case examples of actual evaluations. The range and diversity of topics reflect EAPs in transition, their growth patterns, evaluation needs, and evaluation methods. Overall, this important volume emphasizes that successful evaluations depend not only on methodological expertise but a consideration of much broader salient and societal issues.

Download or read book Employee Assistance Program Utilization and User Satisfaction in an AbilityOne Program Compared to Non AbilityOne Programs written by John Clifford Anema (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study examines the effectiveness and utilization of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that was designed to serve 218 employees of an AbilityOne company whose mission it was "to improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities." Within the company, 88% of the direct labor work force was estimated to have a severe disability. After two years of operation, the EAP in the study had a utilization rate estimated to be 24.8%. According to 41 responses to a Likert-scale survey, over 90% of supervisors and non-supervisors rated the EAP highly in helpfulness, promptness of service, professionalism, understanding of the situation, and satisfaction with the results. Similar findings in ratings were found when the EAP was compared to a larger, traditional EAP program. In company initiated Likert-scale surveys distributed in 2008 and 2009 to all employees, the majority of all employees sustained favorable attitudes toward the EAP in both years. Over 75% felt they understood the EAP, were given an opportunity to use it, and were more likely to use it in the future. The concepts of supervisory support, early intervention, and program integration were felt to be important components of the EAP. The study findings indicate that an EAP designed to serve employees with disabilities can work effectively and benefit multiple stakeholders.