"Helping Employers and Employees Cope With Change"

Employers

““Workers in an organization are an asset to be enhanced and in which to invest, not a cost to be managed and controlled.””

Brenda Blair: The Journal of Employee Assistance

What does an EAP do?

Your Employee Assistance Program helps employees and their immediate family members deal with their personal problems in a confidential manner. The EAP staff is dedicated to solving problems that affect personal well being, performance, and productivity.

These problems cover a wide range: from financial or legal difficulties, marital or family conflicts, to alcohol or drug abuse.

Professional Service. Your EAP has an experienced, professional staff available, once you keep an appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The SOEAP staff of counseling professionals includes marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers.

Assessment. These persons work with the employee or family members to assess the nature of the problem and to agree on a plan of action to best resolve it.

Counseling. Free counseling is provided by the SOEAP staff and affiliates. In many cases this free counseling is all that's needed to resolve the problem.

Referral Services. Sometimes it's necessary to refer an employee to another professional service. If the employee agrees, the EAP counselor selects the service provider or treatment center best suited to assist with the problem.

Follow-up. The SOEAP counselor or affiliate monitors this services to assure that the employees (or family members) receive the best possible assistance and care.

Southern Oregon Employee Assistance Program
Shirley Forbes
(541) 269-5077
(541) 267-5071 (fax)
(800) 342-4127

Mandatory Referral Questions
Gary Gregor
(541) 290-9875

In one study, ninety-eight percent of employees using their EAP report they would recommend their EAP to other employees. This was especially true for people whose lives were affected by emotional distress or relationship difficulties.