Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

EAP Offers A Variety Of Services

A variety of services are offered in order to maximize employee effectiveness at work. The following services are available to employees and the members of their household:

KCH’s Employee Assistance Program Includes:

• Assessment, Referral, and Resource Services
• Personal Confidential Consultation
• Workplace Consultation For Work Groups and Leaders/Supervisors
• Short-term, Solution-Focused Counseling
• Substance Abuse
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefings
• Employee and Supervisor Education and Training
• Four On-Site Educational Workshops Per Year
• Supervisor EAP Orientation
• Employee EAP Orientation
• Monthly Supervisor Newsletter
• Monthly Employee Newsletter
• Quarterly and Annual Utilization Report
• Personalized EAP Brochures, Business Cards, Promotional Items

Reasons People Utilize EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Personal Consultation Services:

• Marriage, Family, Relationships
• Substance Abuse/Use Concerns
• Depression/Anxiety
• Grief/Loss/Traumatic Events
• Health and Personal Well-being
• Stress and Coping

Workgroup and Leader Consultations:

• Individual and group consultations
• Educational Programming
• Team Building
• Policy Development
• Drug Free Workplace
• EAP Programming
• Member, EAP Association

EAP Counselor Availability

The Employee Assistance Program counselors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week:

Daytime and evening appointments are available:
Monday through Wednesday 8 am to 8 pm
Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For confidential, professional assistance:
(815) 748-8999 *

In the event of a crisis after hours:
(800) 373-3327 *

* The counselors will be paged immediately in the event of a crisis.
* KishHealth System also offers Outpatient Counseling.

EAP Information for Employers

For more information, please contact:
Joy Zimmer
(800) 397-1521, Ext. 153767 or (815) 748-8999

EAP Staff Profile:

Our staff of licensed individuals with many years' experience are waiting to assist your company and individual employees.

Our staff includes:

• Certified Employee Assistance Professional
• Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
• Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
• Certified Staff in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
• Academy of Family Mediators trained staff
• Advanced Training in Marriage/Family Therapy