Employee Assistance Programme

Atos Healthcare has a long-established Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service that enriches the lives of over 800,000 people across the UK.

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We provide a wide range of skills, expertise and resources for employers to manage issues before they become problems leading to absence from work. The result is a healthier and more productive workplace based on:

Increased motivation, loyalty and staff morale
Reduced employee absence
Support during organisational change
Less exposure to litigation.

Flexible pricing and services

Our EAP cost model offers employers the option of a price or fee per service whilst our broad approach to employee assistance addresses individual concerns in a framework of maintaining overall wellbeing. Our comprehensive capability can:

Improve emotional health
Manage psychological and mental health issues
Assist employees with work or personal difficulties
Speed up the rehabilitation of those absent from work
Help your organisation fulfil its Duty of Care to employees.

Nationwide support

Our EAP services are delivered by directly employed Atos Healthcare counsellors and a national network of over 600 qualified, experienced and accredited independent counsellors and psychologists. Both employed and independent counsellors are bound by codes of ethics set down by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). Atos Healthcare is a registered external provider with the Employee Assistance Providers Association (EAPA).

Through a confidential free-phone helpline and face-to-face counselling, employees have access to professional help and advice on:

Stress, anxiety and depression
Workplace relationships
Legal issues
Harassment and bullying
Career problems
Gender issues
Bereavement
Any other kind of life crisis.

We provide detailed information about EAP services so that you can judge quality, cost benefits, return on investment, and identify trends and take appropriate action.

Guaranteed quality

We use CORE, an externally validated evaluation tool, to quality-assure our services. CORE results show that Atos Healthcare achieves high performance levels when compared to other benchmarked services.