Employee Assistance Programmes are designed to improve the wellbeing of your most valuable asset - your workforce, however big it is. This in turn benefits your business in a number of ways.
An EAP is provided by a third party agency that specialises in providing employees with appropriate services according to their needs. Ripple Effects work with management to provide employees with the best possible wellbeing services. We assess individual needs and provide troubled employees with confidential professional services. The first appointment will usually occur within a few days, which means that your employees are getting the help they need quickly, dealing with and averting crisis situations. Essentially an EAP can manage the overall health and wellbeing of your employees so that you can get on with business.
Firstly, EAPs improve the productivity of your workforce. When dealing with issues, employees' work, and therefore productivity, is inevitably affected. Ripple Effects EAPs provide employers with a way to prevent, assess and manage the effects of reduced wellbeing. They also help to increase the quality of work - fewer mistakes, higher quality output and an overall increase in work place performance. Programmes are designed to reduce the impact that social, psychological or physical problems have on an employee in order to reduce the financial impact on the business. Ripple Effects EAPs help your personnel develop strategies for coping with all types of stress, which in turn reduces the impact as there is a strategy to resolve issues more quickly.
Even with the best of intentions, it is easy to see how accidents can happen at work when people are stressed. Someone suffering from stress-related symptoms can experience difficulty with concentration and physical function, which can be dangerous in any environment. Ripple Effects EAPs look after the mental health and ability of your employees ensuring that they are able to function at the required level.
People are the most invaluable of all business resources, so it makes sense that as an employer you need to look after your personnel. Happy and healthy employees are productive and effective team members. EAPs lead to a more harmonious work place, as employees know that the company supports them in their daily work. EAPs also provide stability in the workplace by reducing the turnover of employees through managing work related and personal stress. Ripple Effects EAPs can improve the working environment in terms of morale and company support, reducing the likelihood of employees leaving their jobs.
Absenteeism costs every business money. Frequent absenteeism can be devastating to both employers and individual personnel. Quite simply, providing EAPs reduces the amount of time employees take off work. Ripple Effects can provide a range of prevention and treatment options for employees and their families, and signpost them to relevant agencies as necessary. In the event that time off work is required, the length of absence is greatly reduced and the employee is able to return to work with renewed strength.
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