Employee Assistance Programs

Caring for Your Employees

As an employee, balancing the competing demands of work and personal life can sometimes be a difficult and frustrating task. As an employer, you know that the personal and professional well-being of your employees is your greatest asset. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) of Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) offers a positive, proactive and integrated approach to helping both individuals and organizations find solutions for everyday problems.

Benefits for Employees and Immediate Family Members

The EAP of CDH provides free and confidential short-term assistance to employees, and their immediate family members, who are experiencing personal or work-related issues. The EAP is available 24/7 for emergencies.

Master’s degree, licensed professional counselors provide assessment, solution-focused short-term counseling and referral to community resources for assistance with the following concerns:

Personal/workplace stress
Marital/family/relationship issues
Anxiety/depression
Substance abuse
Financial/legal consultation
Work-life balance
Grief/loss

Benefits for Employers, Managers and Supervisors

EAP counselors are available to discuss and provide consultation/coaching and training on a variety of workplace issues such as:

Addressing job performance issues
Intervening with a troubled employee
Work-group conflict
Low morale
Coping with a traumatic incident in the workplace
Changes as a result of downsizing or reorganization
Workplace harassment and violence prevention
Policy development
Time management
Workplace communication
Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations

Reduce Stress and Healthcare Costs

Employees struggling with stressful situations may experience reduced work quality and productivity, increased absenteeism, tardiness and medical costs. The financial loss to the U.S. economy from decreased job performance due to these issues is more than $100 billion each year. The EAP of CDH offers confidential services that can help your employees with problems before job performance is affected or help prevent a further decline in performance. Employees can get help whenever they need it. Services of the EAP of CDH include:

Convenient service providers
Access 24 hours a day
Online educational resources
Counseling
Referrals to providers within the employee’s insurance network
Intervention services for crisis situations
Referrals to community resources
Wellness seminars, health screenings and health fairs
EAP orientation

Benefits of EAP of CDH

Licensed professionals with more than 30 years combined EAP experience
Programs tailored to meet the needs of your organization
Hands-on/personal approach to care
Strategic adaptation to your corporate culture
Access to a hospital system with specialty medical and behavioral health services
Onsite workshops addressing workplace wellness, productivity and safety
Interactive work-life website resources

To schedule a consultation or learn more about how the EAP of CDH can benefit your organization, please call 630.653.4218. Toll free 888.933.1327.

TTY for the hearing impaired 630.933.4833.

Work-life Website: Resources at Your Fingertips

Our brand-new work-life website is a resource-rich hub your employees can tap into day or night 24/7. Regularly updated and filled with timely, useful information, the work-life website provides thousands of articles, databases, videos, calculators and more covering everything from child care and financial planning to education and career training that will help your employees with work-life balance.

Best of all, for a minimal charge you can get this valuable service for your employees — it’s a benefit of your relationship with the EAP of CDH. The interactive work-life website includes:

5,000+ resource articles
Interactive wellness and self-assessments
Streaming audio and video clips
Searches for legal, financial and other care providers
Online workshops
Monthly topical webinars
Available in English and Spanish
Accessible 24/7