Employee Assistance Program
Through the Employee Assistance Program (E.A.P.), full-time College employees and their immediate family members have access to free, confidential counseling and referral services, as well as workshops and wellness resources.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty and professional staff are eligible to participate in the Employee Assistance Program immediately upon appointment to a full-time position. Each active employee is eligible for up to 3 sessions with a trained counselor per fiscal year (July - June), per "life event". Family members are also eligible for up to 3 sessions per fiscal year, per life event. Family members are those members of the employee's family, including a same-sex domestic partner, who regularly reside in the employee's household.
No enrollment forms are required. The College pays the full cost of this benefit, therefore, participants (employees and their eligible family members) pay no premiums or fees for the E.A.P. benefit and counseling sessions.
Below is a summary of services available through the Employee Assistance Program. Please visit www.lma-eap.com for additional information.
Services
Counseling: Trained, professional E.A.P. counselors can help employees and/or their immediate family members find relief from a variety of concerns so they can lead more productive lives. Counselors can assist in addressing relationship and marital issues; parenting issues; school-related concerns; work-related concerns; work/life balance issues; financial concerns; depression; anxiety; grief and loss; loneliness; substance abuse; eating disorders; stress due to life-changing events such as marriage, birth/adoption of a child, or divorce; concerns pertaining to a disability or chronic medical condition; and can assist those who wish to stop smoking. Full-time employees and their immediate family members may contact the E.A.P. to discuss any issue of concern to the individual. *
Coaching: Trained E.A.P. counselors can assist individuals in developing action plans to reach their career-related or personal goals.
Career Services: Trained E.A.P. counselors provide a variety of career counseling services, such as professional development planning and career exploration. Career assessments can also be completed, although there is a charge to the participant for such assessments.
Pastoral Counseling: Pastoral Counseling is a unique approach to mental health counseling, combining the disciplines of the behavioral sciences with the traditions and values of religion and faith. Pastoral Counselors can help employees and/or immediate family members manage their life situations and, if desired and appropriate, help them explore the impact of their faith upon their life situations and solutions. Pastoral Counselors do not hold that any specific faith is more correct than any other. Pastoral Counseling provides the opportunity for employees and family members to openly discuss and explore the meaning of their own beliefs, and incorporate those beliefs into a plan for life improvement.
Eldercare Referral and Support: E.A.P. counselors can provide resources to allow employees and/or immediate family members better cope with the demands of caring for an elderly parent or relative. Counselors provide psychological assessment, support, and education regarding available community resources.
Childcare Referral and Support: E.A.P. counselors will help an employee/family member identify and resolve problems related to childcare, provide information about the range of childcare and adolescent care options in the community, help identify the best care options for the child and parent, help evaluate services for children with special needs, and help find ways to balance the right childcare with demands of work and other responsibilities.
Pre-retirement Planning: Counselors can help E.A.P. participants formulate a step-by-step, individualized retirement plan at any age. E.A.P. services focus on assessing emotional readiness for the transition to retirement, providing support and planning for a successful transition, identifying any problems and stressors, discussing how roles and relationships may change, discussing use of time and money, providing support for those with challenging health concerns, and helping to identify community resources.
Wellness Programs and Resources: Through the E.A.P., eligible faculty, professional staff, and family members have access to various wellness programs and resources. Often, E.A.P. visits may be "traded" in order to attend wellness workshops free of charge. Please see www.lma-eap.com for details.
Accessing the E.A.P.
The E.A.P. is administered through Life Management Associates (LMA). To access the E.A.P., employees, and/or their immediate family members, may call LMA at (800) 327-7770 or (717) 394-6688. LMA will make a referral to a counselor within their network. The services of the E.A.P. are completely confidential and sessions are held off-site, at the counselor's office.
Please see the Employee Assistance Program Summary Plan Description for additional details.
* For employees and dependents covered through the Franklin & Marshall Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Plan, if additional counseling is needed beyond 3 sessions, Life Management Associates will coordinate with HealthAssurance to provide additional care through the mental health benefit. Health insurance coverage for mental health or substance abuse treatment, beyond 3 E.A.P. sessions, must be pre-authorized by calling United Behavioral Health, (866) 369-8362.
Additional Resources:
- AARP, (888) 687-2277, www.aarp.org
- Adult Children of Alcoholics, 393-7767
- Al-Anon, 393-7767 or (800) 671-5994
- Alateen, 393-7767
- Alcoholics Anonymous, 394-3238
- Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, 299-2831
- Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, www.aoa.gov
- Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County, 299-1249
- Franklin & Marshall Sexual Assault Response Line, 560-7311
- Hospice of Lancaster County, 295-3900
- Life Management Associates, 394-6688, www.lma-eap.com/CounselingServices.htm
- Mental Health Association, 397-7461
- Narcotics Anonymous, 393-4546
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, (800) 950-NAMI
- National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, (800) NCA-CALL
- National Depressive & Manic-Depressive Association, (800) 826-3632
- National Family Caregivers Association, www.nfcacares.org
- National Mental Health Association, (301) 443-3860
- Office of the Aging, 299-7979 or (800) 801-3070
- Shelter for Abused Women, 299-1249
- Substance Abuse Victorious, 656-4271
- YWCA Sexual Assault Prevention and Counseling Center, 392-7273
