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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item
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Meeting Date
10/4/88
ITEM TITLE:
Resolutionl377~atifYing the annual agreement
for Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
services and authorizing May 0 sign.
SUBMITTED BY:
Director of persjP~
CITY MANAGE13 (f't, (4j5THS Vote: Yes
REVIEWED BY:
No X
On July 1, 1988, the City entered its ninth year of providing
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services to employees and their
families. The attached contract renews the EAP service period
with Personal Assistance Services from July 1, 1988 to June 30,
1989. The annual cost for this new contract is $6,533.88 which
represents a 4.7% increase over last year's cost.
Employee and family members continue to use EAP services more
each year as the statistics in this report indicate. staff has
been pleased with the quality of the EAP services provided by
Personal Assistance Services. Presented herewith is information
regarding utilization during calender year 1987.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution ratifying agreement and
authorizing Mayor to sign.
DISCUSSION: The City's EAP Program is a referral based program
that allows employees and family members to obtain up to three
one-to-one counseling sessions to: identify and assess personal
problems, provide short term assistance and develop a treatment
plan. In addition to these services, on-site orientation and
supervisorial training sessions are conducted each year.
Personal Assistance Services maintains relationships with
community organizations and service providers that have expertise
in the full range of personal problem areas.
During calendar year 1987 the EAP Program accomplished the
following:
1.
Forty-eight new individual cases were serviced.
represents a 50% increase over the thirty-two
that were serviced in 1986.
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2. Fifty-nine total sessions were provided for sixty-one
employees and family members. This is roughly a 55%
increase over 1986.
3.
There were
supervisors
increase.
made by
is a 41%
performance referrals
compared to 1986. This
seven
(14.6%)
4.
There were forty-one self referrals (85.4%) compared to
1986. This is a 133% increase.
5. Two supervisory training sessions were conducted for
twenty-three supervisors.
6. Eleven performance consultations were conducted wi th
eleven supervisors.
7.
Thirteen employee orientation sessions were conducted
for 344 employees.
The overall success rate, defined as betterment or resolution of
personal problems, was basically the same in 1987 as in 1986-
93%.
The breakdown of presenting personal problems for years 1985
through 1987 was as follows:
1985 1986 1987
Emotional 5.9% 6.3% 25.0%
Alcohol/Drug 41.2% 18.8% 16.7%
Legal 11. 8% 15.6% 14.6%
Marital/ 17.6% 31.3% 14.6%
Relationship
Family 17.6% 9.4% 10.4%
Financial 0.0% 3.1% 8.3%
Medical 0.0% 0.0% 6.3%
Occupational 5.9% 15.6% 4.1%
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Overall, the work force impact rate of the EAP Program was 8% in
1987, that is, forty-eight out of 600 employees. The work force
impact rate in 1986 was 6.4%.
FISCAL IMPACT: There are sufficient funds in the 1988-89
Budget to cover the cost of this contract.
DML6
y the City Council of
Chula Vista, California
Dated
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