Employee Assistance Program Services
To make an appointment, call 49-45461.
Counseling and Referral Services
When you visit WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance, you will meet with an Employee Assistance professional for an initial assessment to discuss the problem you are facing and to develop options for addressing it. Based upon your initial assessment, the Employee Assistance professional will help you determine the best way to address your problem. This may include up to eight visits with the Employee Assistance professional, or you may be referred to another local agency or resource.
Employees are entitled to go to the first appointment in paid status. All other appointments are to be taken as either sick leave or vacation. To make an appointment, call 49-45451 or stop by our office at the State Street Office Facility (SSOF), 1601 W. State St., 8 a.m.-noon or 1-5 p.m.
WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance can help with the following issues:
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Marriage or adult relationships
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Parent-child relationships
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Stress (work-related, anxiety, self-esteem issues)
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Depression
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Problem drinking and drug abuse
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Elder caregiving
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Adjustment following divorce
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Anxiety and panic disorders
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Child behavior problems
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Single parenting concerns
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Other personal problems that affect work-life
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Grief and loss issues
Substance Abuse Assessments and Referrals
We provide individual drug/alcohol assessments accompanied by a referral to a certified substance abuse counselor. Employees who require an IOP will be referred to one of our current vendors.
Employees are entitled to go to the first appointment in paid status. All other appointments are to be taken as either sick leave or vacation. To make an appointment, call 49-45451 or stop by our office at the State Street Office Facility (SSOF), 1601 W. State St., 8 a.m.-noon or 1-5 p.m.
Emergency Interventions
We provide consultation regarding specific employee problems. We respond to and assess for potentially traumatic events which may include suicide, anger and violence, abusive situations, sudden death or grief and loss.
Supervisor Consultations
Supervisors may use WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance services as a resource for guidance and assistance in dealing with a troubled employee, enhancing the work environment, improving job performance, and reducing risk. WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance can coach supervisors on the appropriate use of constructive confrontation and situations that may warrant a referral to WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance. Supervisors can refer an employee to the program, or employees may use the program on their own initiative.
Customized Education on Behavioral Risk Management
We provide consultation and education about human activities that can lead to costly behavior risks for individual departments. We can help increase awareness of the risk of alcohol and drug abuse, the high cost of depression in the workplace, the risk of ineffective communication in dealing with angry hostile people, or any other activities and behaviors that lead to lowered productivity or loss of resources.
Mental Health Resources
Web Resources
Mental Health Association of Tippecanoe County
Brochures
We offer brochures on a variety of topics. To request a brochure, access the online Resource Center.
- Addiction: This packet of brochures provides information about all types of addiction, including drugs and alcohol.
- Anger Management: If you are ready to get your anger under control, this brochure walks you through four steps: admitting it, exploring it, expressing it, and dropping it.
- Children & Divorce: Learn about the effects of divorce on children and ways to help them.
- Depression: This packet of brochures covers a variety of topics, including types of depression, symptoms, treatment options, and ways to help yourself or a depressed loved one.
- Domestic Violence: This brochure provides first steps for developing a plan to get away before or during an attack and things to do after leaving.
- Improving Self-Esteem: Nobody is born with low self-esteem; it's something that is learned. This brochure offers information about the causes of low self-esteem and suggestions for how to increase self-esteem.
- Parenting & Positive Discipline: Establish a “win-win” family by following the guidelines in this brochure.
Cost of Services
WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance services are free of charge. There may be some cost involved if you are referred to another agency or resource; these costs will be discussed on an individual basis. If your presenting problem is covered by the Purdue Health Plan, you will be referred to a provider in the Health Plan network.
Confidentiality
All information gathered in counseling, including the fact that you have come to WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance, will be kept confidential, in compliance with professional ethical codes and state and federal laws. WorkLife Programs Employee Assistance also complies with current federal regulations in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Please refer to the Notice of Privacy Practices for Purdue Health Care Providers for detailed information about client rights under HIPAA. Exceptions to these guidelines are:
- Instances in which there is imminent danger of serious harm to you or to others because of your actions and
- Information from you that there is child abuse or other dependent abuse occurring either by you or someone you know.
Employee Assistance professionals must reveal information to prevent harms of these types.