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Supporting Returning Military in the Workplace Julie Latimer, LCSW Pearl McGee, PsyD
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Pearl McGee-Vincent1, & Julie Latimer-Spears2
1National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System 2Aetna Health
Get a Job
Keep the Job
Excel at the Job
EAP Providers will be able to: 1. List and describe common challenges for
Veterans in the workplace 2. Screen for military service and PTSD 3. Access VA referral sources and make
appropriate referrals 4. Use Veteran Employment Toolkit to support
Veterans in the workplace
During the next 5 years more than 1 million active duty military personnel will become Veterans.
Many businesses are taking steps to hire Veterans.
How can businesses support and retain Veteran employees?
So what do YOU think of when we say “Veterans in the Workplace”?
What challenges do you imagine them facing?
What strengths do they bring?
How can we as EAP Providers support Veterans?
N = 3,813 Sent 34,476 emails 11.5% response rate
65% screen for military service
83% have provided services to active duty military, National Guard/Reserve, or Veterans 86% have provided services to family of the
above
91% are interested in additional education about this population
Areas in which they want education (rank ordered) 1. Referral options for Veterans (e.g., how to get into VA) 2. Issues unique to women Veterans 3. General resources available to providers 4. The military experience 5. General resources available to Veterans, National Guard,
& Reserve 6. Military culture 7. Referral options for National Guard and Reserve 8. Military sexual trauma 9. Symptoms of PTSD 10. Anger, irritability
1. Have you ever served in the military? 2. Did you serve in the National Guard, Reserves,
Coast Guard or in any of the Active Duty Services?
3. Do you have a close family member who has served in the military?
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/docs/Military_Service_Screening.pdf
1. What dates did you serve? 2. When did you separate from the military? 3. What branch and rank were you?
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/docs/Military_Service_Screening.pdf
1. Where did you serve (e.g. in the US/where; overseas/where?)
2. What job/roles did you have when you were serving?
3. Were you ever deployed? 4. If so, where and when were you deployed? 5. Are there other things you would like to tell me
about your military service?
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/docs/Military_Service_Screening.pdf
How it might show up in the workplace How to screen for PTSD How to address PTSD in the workplace Treatment and referral options
Common Behavioral Problems that may be related to PTSD: Performance problems Attendance problems Concentration problems Hypervigilance Increased alcohol use/misuse Socially isolating behaviors Emotional responses (e.g. anger)
In your life, have you ever had any experience that was so frightening, horrible, or upsetting that, in the past month, you:
1. Have had nightmares about it or thought about it when you did not want to?
2. Tried hard not to think about it or went out of your way to avoid situations that reminded you of it?
3. Were constantly on guard, watchful, or easily startled?
4. Felt numb or detached from others, activities, or your surroundings?
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/docs/PCPTSD_Screen.pdf
The Toolkit is For: Employers, supervisors/managers, human
resource professionals, and EAP providers interacting with Veterans; and Veterans
Goals: Offer tools and resources for supporting Veterans Increase understanding of military structure,
culture, and deployment Increase understanding of challenges Veterans
may experience Provide employment resources to Veterans
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/partner.asp
Veterans Employment Toolkit http://www.va.gov/vetsinworkplace/index.asp
Community Provider Toolkit http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/communityproviders/index.asp
NCPTSD website http://www.ptsd.va.gov
PTSD 101 courses and videos http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/ptsd101/ptsd-101.asp
EAP Provider Course (available Fall 2013)
National Center for PTSD Sara J. Landes, PhD Pamela Swales, PhD Tam Nguyen, PhD Pearl McGee-Vincent,
PsyD Sonia Easaw, MS, MPH Robyn Walser, PhD Joe Ruzek, PhD
Aetna Health Hyong Un, MD Lesa Stevens, RN, CCM Julie Latimer-Spears,
LCSW Sherry Courtemanche,
LCSW, CEAP
Pearl McGee-Vincent, Psy.D. Julie Latimer-Spears, LCSW National Center for PTSD Senior Product Consultant Dissemination & Training Division Aetna VA Palo Alto Health Care System [email protected] [email protected]