Careers in Employee Assistance Programs

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Desmond
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Agent Model ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Organizational Demands

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are being developed in all types of organizations. This development is seen as a valuable opportunity for employment of rehabilitation counselors. A rationale which suggests that rehabilitation counseling training is appropriate for EAP work is presented. Employee assistance programs are described as following three models: (a) the In-house model, (b) the Consortium model, and (c) the Trained agent model. The functioning of a rehabilitation counselor under each is described. Organizational demands on a counselor working in an EAP in a profitoriented organization also are discussed. A brief discussion which explains how rehabilitation counseling training programs can be modified to develop a specialty in EAP work is presented. Considerations which potential EAP counselors should weigh before planning to enter EAP work are discussed. Finally, resources for learning more about EAPs are identified.

Employee Assistance Programs: An Emerging Vista for Rehabilitation Counseling

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Dickman ◽  
William G. Emener
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
And Training

The continuous growth and developemnt of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) in American industry, the basic elements of EAP's, and the effectiveness of EAP's, are presented. Following a discussion of the rehabilitation process, and the knowledges, skills, expertise, and roles and functions of rehabilitation counselors, implications and recommendations offered within the proposition that professionally trained rehabilitation counselors are optimally prepared to provide and coordinate EAP services. Implications for education and training, structural considerations, and professionalism are also included.

Employee Assistance Programs: A Place for Rehabilitation Counselors?

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Skill Level ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The Status ◽  
Advocacy Role

A questionnaire containing sixty statements about skills considered important to rehabilitation counseling was sent to fifty companies thought to have Employee Assistance Programs. The purpose of the survey was to determine whether or not persons working in EAP's thought skills rehabilitation counselors possessed were applicable to the EAP field. Although most of the thirteen respondents agreed that skill correspondence was high, there was some indication that they saw the advocacy role of rehabilitation counselors as highly threatening to the status quo in business. Therefore it is questionable whether EAP's are actually feasible targets for the employment of rehabilitation counselors despite the fact that they are matched in skill level to EAP workers.

Rehabilitation Counseling Outside the State Agency: Settings, Roles, and Functions for the New Millennium

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Lynn C. Koch ◽  
Phillip D. Rumrill
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Geriatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Abuse Treatment

The article explores non-traditional employment settings for rehabilitation counselors. The authors describe career outlooks for and responsibilities of rehabilitation counselors who work in mental health, substance abuse treatment, geriatric rehabilitation, medical/allied health case management, employee assistance programs, disability management, and private practice/consultation.

Implications of Worksite Practice for Rehabilitation Counselor Education & Training

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Habeck ◽  
Valerie Ellien
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Consultative Service ◽  
And Training

Rehabilitation counselors face increasing demands to respond to the needs of business and industry to manage the effects of disability on the worker. The need to prepare counselors for this role has resulted in a variety of training responses. This review of the literature identifies trends contributing to the expansion of employer-based practice. It describes some of the variations in the role of the counselor working in consultative service to employers, in employee assistance programs, and in internal disability management programs. Recent developments in education and training to prepare counselors for work with business and industry are reviewed and organized into recommendations for effective approaches to curriculum and program development. The implications of emerging issues and future trends are discussed.

Multicultural Education and Training in Rehabilitation Counseling Education Programs

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
Chandra M. Donnell ◽  
Stacia L. Robertson ◽  
Cozetta D. Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Counselor Education ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor ◽  
Counseling Education ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselor Education ◽  
Multicultural Practices

Racial-ethnic backgrounds of rehabilitation counseling clientele have become increasingly diverse. Additionally, the current emphasis on globalization and international rehabilitation in diverse communities requires educators to examine teaching methods and strategies to best train rehabilitation counselors working within these complex diverse populations. Rehabilitation counseling training programs have begun to embrace multicultural practices as they are implemented in accreditation standards; however, implementation of multicultural practices in educational programs is still unclear. The purpose of this article is to define multicultural education and its role in rehabilitation counselor education. A multifaceted approach to multicultural education in rehabilitation counseling education is presented. Implications for rehabilitation counselor education programs is discussed.

Barriers to the Use of Constructive Confrontation with Employed Alcoholics

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Roman
Keyword(s):  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Employee Assistance Programs ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Constructive Confrontation ◽  
American Society ◽  
External Program ◽  
And Diffusion

Constructive confrontation was originally the central strategy in work-based programs to deal with problem drinking employees. The broadening of these programs to employee assistance programs, coupled with their rapid growth and diffusion, has been accompanied by the medicalization of employee performance problems and the professionalization of means for handling such problems. These trends, together with ideologies based in organizational management and the value orientations of American society, are barriers to supervisory use of constructive confrontation. Data from a 1981 national survey of external program consultants reveals continuing attitudinal support for constructive confrontation. Other attitudes of these consultants point however to the strong need for deliberately designed support systems for the encouragement of supervisory use of constructive confrontation.

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