Careers in Employee Assistance Programs

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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.

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