The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a free service provided to Letterkenny Institute of Technology to ensure a well-balanced and positive working environment for all staff members. The EAP is available through an independent organisation called VHI Healthcare.
The Employee Assistance Programme is a confidential independent employee service offering information, support and assistance on a range of issues including, but not limited, to the following:
- Consumer rights
- Relationships
- Taxation
- Matrimonial Law
- Legal Matters
- Benefits
- Tenancy
- Promotion and Training
- Immigration
- Career Issues
- Redeployment
- Childcare
- Eldercare
- Civil litigation
- Neighbour disputes
- Work/Life balance
- Probate and Wills
- Redundancy
The Employee Assistance Programme also offers a professional and strictly confidential counselling service to staff members and their families on the following issues. The list below is a sample of the issues covered by this service:
- Martial or Relationship Problems
- Bereavement/Loss
- Loneliness
- Life Changes
- Family problems
- Anxiety/Depression
- Esteem/Confidence
- Substance misuse
- Eating Disorders
- Stress
- Trauma
- Workplace pressure
- Job insecurity
- Work/Life balance
- Bullying/Harassment
This valuable resource may be contacted 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 365 days of the year.
To contact Employee Assistance Programme telephone:
1800 995 955 (ROI) or
0800 282 193 (NI) or
e-mail eap@vhics.ie