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Ca College

Informer

Employee Assistance Program Sees Greater Use

Use of the Employee Assistance
Program has climbed during the past
year, and the EAP Committee
considers this a success.

“The program is up front in the
College, and people are using it,”
said committee member Pam Robb.

According to the program's year
end report, between Dec. 1, 1992 and
Nov. 30, 1993, the number of
Capilano College employees using
the Employee Assistance Program
increased by 26 per cent.

Coleen Graham, director of
administration and client relations at
Wilson Banwell & Associates Ltd.,
said this most likely indicates a
greater acceptance of the program.
“Tt could be that people are more
comfortable about employment and
family counselling services.”

EAP provides counselling by
registered psychologists through
Wilson Banwell. All employees and
their dependants who are eligible for
the College Benefit Plan may use the
service. The program offers confi-
dential counselling on marital or
family problems, alcohol or drug
dependence, financial difficulties,
emotional problems, work-related
problems, bereavement and stress.

The report also showed that the
types of problems cited by Cap
employees during the past year
remained in approximately the same
proportion as the year before. For
example, marital problems were
cited approximately six times as
often as stress problems.

While the utilization rate for EAP
among College employees went up,
this followed a trend observed
among the 250 organizations Wilson
Banwell serves. However, Capilano
College employees differed from
other organizations in that the
average Cap employee using EAP
receives only 3.22 hours of counsel-
ling. This is about one hour less than
the national average.

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This means that Cap employees
are resolving their problems in less
time, said Graham. “In a college
setting, people may be more accept-
ing of solutions and more willing to
work on the solutions.”

April 28/94

For information on the program,
see the blue EAP brochure, which
was sent to all employees earlier this
month. The new brochure is also
available from Personnel Services,
Health Services and the CCFA office.

Scenes
from
February's
Staff
Career
Development
Conference

Top: Angels Lynne
Hamilton and Barry
Williamson join Susie
and Uncle Joe at early
morning warm-up.

Middle: Workshop
leader Doris Bentley
helps staff revitalize
their careers.

Bottom: Liz Morton
creates her own version
of "Job Satisfaction and
Developing an Action
Plan."