Services & Referrals : Employee Assistance Programs :
Family conflicts, depression, anxiety, alcohol and substance abuse—these kinds of problems can be devastating. And during an emotional crisis, it’s hard to concentrate on work. Performance levels go down. Productivity decreases. Untreated, the situation can eventually lead to long absences or replacing an employee. 
At Highlands Community Services-Center for Behavioral Health, we provide Employee Assistance Programs to help people cope with a variety of issues affecting work performance including emotional or substance abuse problems. Our quality behavioral health care services offer treatment while retaining employment or get people back to work as soon as possible.
Anyone can face these challenges. Companies that have behavioral health programs for their employees are practicing good business. Healthy people make good employees.
It costs thousands of dollars to hire and train the average new employee. An effective EAP can help companies retain valuable workers. “a minimum level of care for employees’ depression would result in cumulative savings of $3,000.00 per 1,000 workers over 5 years.” Archives of General Psychiatry, Dec. ‘06
When a company offers an HCS Employee Assistance Program as part of their benefit package, we provide mental health/substance abuse screenings for their workers free of charge.
Highlands Community Services is a non-profit behavioral health care provider. We have helped thousands of people in our community with emotional issues, mental illness and/or substance abuse. Our comprehensive services include a full array of mental health and substance abuse services. Twenty-four hours a day HCS provides emergency services for people in crisis.
With our EAP, employees will get the help they need to navigate life’s difficulties and get back on track.
An Employee Assistance Program
is flexible. The employee can access mental health or substance abuse services directly, where all discussion is strictly confidential. Or a supervisor may recognize that an employee has a problem or potential problem that is interfering with their job performance. The supervisor can encourage voluntary participation in an individualized treatment program.
Finally, the EAP could also be part of a supervisory process related to performance problems. Details and discussion of an employee’s treatment are confidential but HCS service providers can provide compliance information to the employer.
Whatever the problem, companies can be assured that their employees will receive the very best and most professional behavioral health care services available.
Highlands Community Services,
Center for Behavioral Health,
Employee Assistance Program
276.669.4732/Marsha Miller