Worklife Support for you is an employee assistance programme (EAP) developed specifically for schools.
EAPs are a cost-effective way of ensuring that employees are offered professional resources and support before their problems begin to affect productivity and performance at work.
The service provides every member of staff free access to our team of specialist advisors and counsellors offering:
- Legal advice and guidance
- Emotional support and counselling, including face-to-face counselling
- Financial advice and debt counselling
- Specialist information services on a wide range of work-life issues
- Support and consultation for managers
Why buy an EAP?
EAPs are proven to increase productivity and performance, and to help reduce sickness absence levels.
Worklife Support for you can complement and support your existing polices, such as performance management, and can help you meet your legal duty of care as an employer.
The serice is popular with staff, not least because it is easy, free to use and quick - 10 days to the first counselling appointment - compared with other services.
A school with 10 staff can be covered for less than the cost of a day's supply.
“When I had a member of staff who was in the midst of a complex relationship/ property split up, it was very helpful to be able to suggest that she made contact with the EAP… she received a very positive response, support and counselling within a few days. The member of staff seemed able to deal with the problem and not let it affect her work.”
Leslie Church, Headteacher, Downhills Primary School, London
“The EAP has proved particularly successful this year; it is a helpful management tool to be able to remind staff of the service when they’re facing a range of personal difficulties."
Headteacher, Doncaster
Worklife Support for you should not be deemed to be a taxable benefit.
