10.5 Employee Assistance Program Flashcards
Who is EAP available to?
Employees, spouse, dependant children
How does an employee document the use of Merit Behavioral Care (MBC) if it occurs during work hours?
STD 634 – sick or vacation time
True or False
A manager drafts a “management supervisor referral” letter to MBC (Merit Behavioral Care) for an employee, but they cannot force an employee to go.
True
Regarding Peer Support. What is considered a critical incident?
Any event, on duty or off duty job related, involving actual or threatened death or serious injury, which has the potential to create a sense of fear, helplessness, horror or general distress
A commander may request peer support under the following circumstances?
1) Employee involved critical incident.
2) Group debriefing for CI.
-Employee may decline
-Commander will assist in selection of peer support counselor
In the event of a critical incident, the commander will make direct contact through the local ________
__________ where a peer support roster is maintained.
Communications center
An off duty peer support counselor (PSO, PSPSD, PSA) may be compensated up to _____ hours of ______ when responding to a commanders request for sevice.
4 hours CTO
Who can approve the use of the Departments aircraft for peer support?
The appropriate Asst. Comm.
Who is the program coordinator for the ESAP (Employee Substance Abuse Program)?
Health and Safety Section, Personnel and Training Division
The CHP Chaplain is available on request and may provide assistance to whom?
All employees, active and retired, plus family of deceased employees upon request.
True or False
The CIRT (Critical Incident Response Team) shall respond to an on-duty death. Commanders may request CIRT assistance with off duty deaths as well.
True
Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) – How does a commander request CIRT services?
By contacting Health and Safety Section /Personnel and Training Division or the Sacramento Comm. Center
Are critical incident stress debriefings mandatory for employees? If so, within how many hours?
Only for shooting incidents and then completed within 72 hours (generally)