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Who?Who?
What?What?
Why?Why?
How?How?
tatetatemployeemployee
ssistancessistance
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Number is toll-free1-800-692-74591-800-692-7459
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Who is Eligible?Most Employees Family
Members
Significant Others
Those Living in Household
Retired State Employees
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EligibilityEligibility
Not eligible if:
On leave
without benefits
On suspension
without benefits
Presumptive Eligibility:
Should know
employee’s social
security number
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SEAP began in 1980 as a drug and alcohol abuse
program
SEAP today has a wide range of services
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Personal problems outside
of work can affect our
employees’ physical, mental and emotional health, spilling over into the workplace.
Why SEAP?Why SEAP?
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Employees can address personal problems
confidentially
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SEAP can be a partnership with the
employee, the union and management to help
address those problems that affect the workplace 9
SEAP provides Critical Incident Stress
Debriefing (CISD) after traumatic events
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•Problems start Problems start to negatively to negatively
impact lifeimpact life
•Ability to cope Ability to cope gives outgives out
•Not just drugs Not just drugs and alcoholand alcohol
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What are some examples of
everyday events that cause more stress today than in years
past?
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15% of the population
experiences emotional or
mental health problems that
could benefit from counseling
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•90% of people who abuse alcohol are working people
•10% of population is impaired by alcohol
•Their use of alcohol impacts the lives of 4 to 5
people close to them
•8% of the population is dependent on drugs
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The SEAP Program
maintains a 65% success rate in helping people
with alcohol addiction 15
•Highest substance use on the job is cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana
•Executive Order 1996-13, Substance Abuse Policy
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•May enhance performance temporarily
•Prolonged use leads to declining
performance/dependence
•DON’T IGNORE - encourage individual to
contact SEAP17
Coming to work Coming to work on time, awake, on time, awake, alert, ready to alert, ready to perform your perform your
job in a safe and job in a safe and competent competent
manner, and manner, and remaining that remaining that way until the way until the
end of your shiftend of your shift18
Discipline
Be sent home
Be referred to SEAP
COCE19
Use 3.5 times more sick leave
Use 5.5 times more medical
benefits
Employer loses 25% in wages
5 times more likely to file
worker’s compensation
claim
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A 20-year 20-year employeeemployee of
average salary and benefits is
a million-million-dollar dollar
investmentinvestment 21
An assessment and referral service provided by outside
contractor
OA-SEAP oversees and coordinates the SEAP Program
Contractor maintains a network of providers
Current contractor is United Behavioral Health (UBH)
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SEAP - Costs & BenefitsUp to 3 free assess and refer
sessions
If further treatment needed - individual uses UBH participating provider, own insurance carrier or
community resources
No cost for drug and alcohol services, if network
No limit to number of times that SEAP may be accessed for
different issues 23
•Legal Consultation
•Financial Counseling
•Mediation24
•2% of people referred to SEAP
•Written contract between OA-SEAP, agency, union, and
employee
•Employee must contact SEAP, be evaluated, and comply with all
treatment recommendations to retain employment
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Employee’s behavior poses clear and present threat to self or others, or is so disruptive that it dramatically affects
operations of workplace and coworkers (called Fitness for Duty)
OR
Violation of Commonwealth’s Substance Abuse Policy
OR
Last chance for performance related issues26
Employee is still protected by confidentiality laws
Parties who signed the contract are also bound by confidentiality laws
The information given by SEAP is limited to the employee’s compliance with the
COCE contract
Information on nature or type of treatment will NOT be disclosed
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24-hour-a-day service
Talk to a “live” clinician (not
employed by the Commonwealth)
Call will be screened for crisis
Qualified providers will be
identified28
Can use sick, annual or personal leave
Session is free, usually lasts one hour
Designed to assess situation & suggest
optionsIndividual will be asked to sign consent form
Options for continued treatment will be discussed 29
Everyone is covered
under SEAP umbrella of
confidentialiconfidentialityty
•SEAP Coordinators
•Supervisors
•Union Personnel
•Medical benefits insurance carrier
•Contractor
•OA-SEAP30
SEAP will:Record information for
reporting purposes only - will not identify by name, social
security number or other identifier
Strictly adhere to all federal and state mandates and regulations governing
confidentiality
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SEAP will not: Provide any information without
consent form
Verify any information other than eligibility without specific written consent
Confirm whether an employee or relative has accessed SEAP
Divulge any diagnosis or clinical information unless
required by law32
Contact SEAP 800 number
Contact your SEAP Coordinator
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