Employee Assistance Program
The WRHA recognizes that health care workers may experience challenges and stresses in their personal and professional lives.
The following supports are available to employees requiring assistance for these situations.
Human Resources / Occupational Health
Employees experiencing difficulties should consider contacting Human Resources personnel, including Occupational Health Services (where available), to seek assistance. Where appropriate, these professionals will provide you with support and/or refer you to available supports in the system.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
All employees, as well as their spouses and dependent children are eligible for EAP services. EAP is a confidential service and is available immediately upon commencement of employment with no waiting period. EAP costs are paid by your employer.
The EAP offers the following types of counseling services:
- Marital / Relationship
- Family / Parenting
- Addictions
- Emotional or Behavioural
- Anxiety and Depression
- Occupational Stress / Adjustment
- Career and Vocational
- Violence / Abuse
- Financial (Budgeting, financial crisis)
- Information and/or referral
- Critical Incident / Trauma
Confidentiality is the most important aspect of the EAP. To access services, you do not have to notify your employer or anyone in your facility/ You or your family members can call the Blue Cross Employee Assistance Centre 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When you call, in order to ensure confidentiality, you will be provided with options for your selection of individual couseling/assistance. This may include counseling from the identified EAP counselor in your community or geographical area, from a counselor in another community or area, attendance at one of the EAP offices in Winnipeg, or at your option, telephone counseling.
Phone: (204) 786-8880
TTY: (204) 775-0586
Toll-free: 1-800-590-5553
Critical Incident Stress Management
A Critical Incident (CI) is an unexpected and powerful event that falls beyond one’s usual experience. It has the potential to overwhelm one’s usual coping mechanisms, resulting in psychological distress. It can interfere with an individual’s ability to function normally. Some people describe it as a life-changing crisis.
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To access supports and services for Critical Incident Stress, visit the Contact page for facility contact information, or view the EAP information above.