Employee and Family Assistance Programs for Indigenous Communities & Organizations
Lower your turnover & absenteeism rate in a truly confidential & professional manner.
First Nations Employee & Family Assistance Program is paid benefits that support employees and their immediate families to overcome personal and work-related challenges.
The program offers confidential, short-term counselling as well as a wide range of helpful information, self-help courses, and other wellness services.
Counsellors with Indigenous-sensitivity and awareness, including Elders are available in person, by telephone or online for a variety of life balance and wellness issues.
What are the goals of the Employee & Family Assistance Programs (EFAP)?
Some employers add EFAP to their wellness management because it is the right thing to do. For these companies, EFAP directly ties in with their employee benefits program and human resources management philosophy.
According to researchers, EFAP lowers sick days and disability claims, and increases work morale and productivity.
The Advantages of Employee & Family Assistance Programs (EFAP)
- Enhance health, wellness and work-life balance of employees and their dependents by encouraging them to receive services that they need,
- Provide advice and consultation to managers, supervisors and plan administrators,
- Promote healthy work-personal life balance for everybody.
If employees have access to counselling and support, everyone wins.
What are your company goals?
Maintain and promote a positive work environment?
Decrease substance usage and absenteeism?
Increase employee productivity and engagement
Reduce medical claim costs?
How organizations, managers and plan administrators can benefit from EFAP services?
- Educational services and programs such as health and wellness presentations and tools,
- Supervisor and Plan Administrator training,
- Guidance on referring employees to EAP and with their return-to-work and work accommodation needs,
Counsellors with Indigenous-sensitivity and awareness, including Elders are available in person, by telephone or online for a variety of life balance and wellness issues including;
Substance Abuse
Depression
Grief and Loss
On-site Crisis Management
Relationship Issues
Parenting
Work-life Balance
Marital Issues
Nutritional Counselling
Mental Health
Career Planning
Smoking Cessation
Domestic Abuse
Workplace Conflict
Managing Anger
Legal Problems
Financial Problems
Problem Gambling
Traumatic Experiences
And more…
Lower turnover & absenteeism in a confidential & professional manner.
First Nations Employee & Family Assistance Program is paid benefits that support employees and their immediate families to overcome personal and work-related challenges.
The program offers confidential, short-term counselling as well as a wide range of helpful information, self-help courses, and other wellness services.
Counsellors with Indigenous sensitivity and awareness, including Elders are available in person, by telephone or online for a variety of life balance and wellness issues.
Why employers invest in Employee & Family Assistance Programs (EFAP)?
Some employers add EFAP to their wellness management because it is the right thing to do. For these companies, EFAP directly ties in with their employee benefits program and human resources management philosophy.
According to researchers, EFAP lowers sick days and disability claims, and increases work morale and productivity.
The Advantages of Employee and Family Assistance Programs
- Enhance health, wellness and work-life balance of employees and their dependents by encouraging them to receive services that they need,
- Provide advice and consultation to managers, supervisors and plan administrators,
- Promote healthy work-personal life balance for everybody.
If employees have access to counselling and support, everyone wins.
What are your company goals?
Maintain and promote a positive work environment?
Decrease substance usage and absenteeism?
Increase employee productivity and engagement?
Reduce medical claim costs?
How organizations, managers and plan administrators can benefit from EFAP services?
In addition to counselling, EFAPs often provide access to;
- Educational services and programs such as health and wellness presentations and tools,
- Supervisor and Plan Administrator training,
- Guidance on referring employees to EAP and with their return-to-work and work accommodation needs,