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HealthPoint
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Work/Life Balance & Wellness Programs
Mary Bade, Ph.D.
EAP Staff Psychologist
August 2013
Human Resource Services
The University of Texas at Austin
EAP & Work/Life Balance
Mission
At HealthPoint EAP we strive to transform lives to improve personal
and organizational effectiveness for the benefit of the entire UT
community. We provide behavioral health expertise, promote wellness,
and develop solutions to life's challenges.
We do this by providing brief counseling and consultation services,
crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training
programs, and supervisory consultation.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Personal and work-related counseling
• CONFIDENTIAL by law, free
• Licensed clinical staff – Licensed Psychologists and
Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Up to 6 sessions annually for employees & eligible dependents
• Community referrals as needed
• With supervisor approval, can meet with EAP during work time
Consultation with managers/supervisors
• Staff and faculty mental health issues
• Communication strategies
• “Coaching” on manager skills
Group services
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Support (caretakers; pre-tenure faculty)
• Coaching (first-time managers)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Workplace Safety and Threat Assessment
**If you are not sure if there is a threat to self or others, call us!**
– Fitness for Duty – HOP 7.E.5
• Medical and mental health evaluations to assess impaired faculty or
staff who is creating a safety hazard in the workplace
– Threat Assessment and Management – HOP 2.A.3
– EAP staff experienced in working with troubling, disruptive, or
frightening behavior in the workplace
– Threat Assessment Team – UTPD, EAP, Legal, HRS as appropriate,
Provost’s office as appropriate
– Fear Management and Critical Incident Stress Management after a
death or any traumatic incident, including threat or violence
– Trainings to increase safety (i.e., Words Matter at UT, Managing
Distress and Disruption)
Layoffs and Separations
Consultation with Managers & Academic Administrators:
Preparing for Layoff, Termination, and Nonrenewal
• How to cope with emotionally-charged meetings
• Personal communication challenges
• Coaching for managing employee responses
During the Layoff or Termination Meeting
• Planning meeting with HRS team
• Collaboration with other Human Resource Services as requested
After the Layoff
• Coaching for managing reactions and departmental morale after a
layoff
• Strategies to maintain an effective supervisory role and employee
motivation
Layoffs and Separations
Services for Workgroups (for employees laid off and for
those remaining)
• Facilitated discussions on the emotional impact of
layoffs—personally and departmentally
• Informational presentations on managing layoff –
related stress
• Overview of no-cost EAP services and community
resources for employees
Work/Life Balance
• Presentations- StressLess, Managing Change, Creating Work
and Life Balance
• Staff Emergency Fund
• Eldercare and Parenting
resources
• Lactation/Quiet Rooms
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Work/Life Balance & Resources
Occupational Health Program
Occupational Health Program
Mission
To understand working conditions and ensure that appropriate
precautions are taken to protect the university’s most valuable
asset – our faculty and staff; and to treat minor work-related
injuries and illnesses and provide health risk counseling to
improve overall health and well-being.
Occupational Health Program Website
http://www.utexas.edu/hr/current/services/ohp.html
Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Clinical Services
• Medical monitoring of research and lab animal workers
including initial risk assessment and periodic updates
• Respiratory medical clearance exams & fit testing of
respiratory equipment
• Job specific immunizations
• Commercial driver’s drug testing
• First aid services for work related injuries
Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Consultation Services
• Review new research protocols to ensure employee health needs
have been addressed; actively participate in the following:
– IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
– IBC – Institutional Biosafety Committee
– IRB – Institutional Review Board
• Health counseling for job related health concerns, e.g. ergonomics,
indoor air quality, lab animal allergy
• Partner with EHS and other safety professionals to review injury &
illness trends to improve worker safety
• Provide medical review of Sick Leave Pool applications
• Consult on Fitness for Duty concerns where physical/medical health
conditions and essential job functions are at issue
Wellness Program
Wellness Program
Programs designed specifically for employees:
• Healthy eating initiatives
– Farm-to-Work brings fresh, local produce right to the office
• Physical activity programs
– Get FIT, RecSports, Healthy Strides
• Bites of Wellness lunch & learn series
• Online health risk assessment with free telephonic health coaching
and dietician consultations
• Points of Health blood pressure stations
• And much, much more
Wellness Website
http://www.utexas.edu/hr/current/wellness/
HealthPoint Contact
Information
Contact Information
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Location:
North Office Building A (NOA), suite 4.200
EAP Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
and at PRC on Wednesday mornings
EAP Appointments:
For all appointments, presentation requests, and other services,
call: 512-471-3366 (all calls for counseling services are confidential)
or email [email protected]
EAP After Hours Crisis Line:
24 hours a day
(512) 471-3399
Contact Information
Occupational Health Program (OHP):
For all appointments and other services, call: 512471-4OHP(4647) or email
[email protected]
Wellness Programs for Staff & Faculty
For programs and services, call: 512-471-7207 or
email [email protected]
North Office Building A (NOA), suite 3.302