1. HealthPoint Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Work/Life Balance & Wellness Programs
Mary Bade, Ph.D.
EAP Staff Psychologist
August 2013
Human Resource Services
The University of Texas at Austin

2. EAP & Work/Life Balance
Mission
At HealthPoint EAP we strive to transform lives to improve personal and organizational effectiveness for the benefit of the entire UT community. We provide behavioral health expertise, promote wellness, and develop solutions to life's challenges.
We do this by providing brief counseling and consultation services, crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training programs, and supervisory consultation.

3. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Personal and work-related counseling
CONFIDENTIAL by law, free
Licensed clinical staff – Licensed Psychologists and
Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Up to 6 sessions annually for employees & eligible dependents
Community referrals as needed
With supervisor approval, can meet with EAP during work time
Consultation with managers/supervisors
Staff and faculty mental health issues
Communication strategies
“Coaching” on manager skills
Group services
Critical Incident Stress Management
Support (caretakers; pre-tenure faculty)
Coaching (first-time managers)

4. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Workplace Safety and Threat Assessment
**If you are not sure if there is a threat to self or others, call us!**
Fitness for Duty – HOP 7.E.5
Medical and mental health evaluations to assess impaired faculty or staff who is creating a safety hazard in the workplace
Threat Assessment and Management – HOP 2.A.3
EAP staff experienced in working with troubling, disruptive, or frightening behavior in the workplace
Threat Assessment Team – UTPD, EAP, Legal, HRS as appropriate, Provost’s office as appropriate
Fear Management and Critical Incident Stress Management after a death or any traumatic incident, including threat or violence
Trainings to increase safety (i.e., Words Matter at UT, Managing Distress and Disruption)

5. Layoffs and Separations
Consultation with Managers & Academic Administrators:
Preparing for Layoff, Termination, and Nonrenewal
How to cope with emotionally-charged meetings
Personal communication challenges
Coaching for managing employee responses
  During the Layoff or Termination Meeting
Planning meeting with HRS team
Collaboration with other Human Resource Services as requested
  After the Layoff
Coaching for managing reactions and departmental morale after a layoff
Strategies to maintain an effective supervisory role and employee motivation

6. Layoffs and Separations
Services for Workgroups (for employees laid off and for those remaining)
Facilitated discussions on the emotional impact of layoffs—personally and departmentally
Informational presentations on managing layoff –related stress
Overview of no-cost EAP services and community resources for employees

7. Work/Life Balance
Presentations- StressLess, Managing Change, Creating Work and Life Balance
Staff Emergency Fund
Eldercare and Parenting
resources
Lactation/Quiet Rooms
Flexible Work Arrangements
Work/Life Balance & Resources

8. Occupational Health Program

9. Occupational Health Program
Mission
To understand working conditions and ensure that appropriate precautions are taken to protect the university’s most valuable asset – our faculty and staff; and to treat minor work-related injuries and illnesses and provide health risk counseling to improve overall health and well-being.
Occupational Health Program Website

10. Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Clinical Services
Medical monitoring of research and lab animal workers including initial risk assessment and periodic updates
Respiratory medical clearance exams & fit testing of respiratory equipment
Job specific immunizations
Commercial driver’s drug testing
First aid services for work related injuries

11. Occupational Health Program (OHP)
Consultation Services
Review new research protocols to ensure employee health needs have been addressed; actively participate in the following:
IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC – Institutional Biosafety Committee
IRB – Institutional Review Board
Health counseling for job related health concerns, e.g. ergonomics, indoor air quality, lab animal allergy
Partner with EHS and other safety professionals to review injury & illness trends to improve worker safety
Provide medical review of Sick Leave Pool applications
Consult on Fitness for Duty concerns where physical/medical health conditions and essential job functions are at issue

12. Wellness Program

13. Wellness Program Wellness Website
Programs designed specifically for employees:
Healthy eating initiatives
Farm-to-Work brings fresh, local produce right to the office
Physical activity programs
Get FIT, RecSports, Healthy Strides
Bites of Wellness lunch & learn series
Online health risk assessment with free telephonic health coaching and dietician consultations
Points of Health blood pressure stations
And much, much more
Wellness Website

14. HealthPoint Contact Information

15. Contact Information
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Location:
North Office Building A (NOA), suite 4.200
EAP Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
and at PRC on Wednesday mornings
EAP Appointments:
For all appointments, presentation requests, and other services,
call: (all calls for counseling services are confidential) or
EAP After Hours Crisis Line:
24 hours a day
(512)

16. Contact Information
Occupational Health Program (OHP): For all appointments and other services, call: OHP(4647) or Wellness Programs for Staff & Faculty For programs and services, call: or North Office Building A (NOA), suite 3.302