{"id":143544,"date":"2024-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=143544"},"modified":"2024-04-05T07:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:30:17","slug":"employee-assistance-program-offers-community-members-voluntary-confidential-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=143544","title":{"rendered":"Employee Assistance Program offers community members voluntary, confidential assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 A recent addition to the U.S. Army Garrison Japan team is working hard to help the community here deal with a breadth life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n

Ashley Sauber, an Army Substance Abuse Program specialist, serves as the garrison\u2019s Employee Assistance Program coordinator.<\/p>\n

The EAP is a free, voluntary and confidential program that helps community members work through challenges that might be affecting their professional performance, health or well-being. Those challenges can range from martial difficulties, depression and dealing with grief and loss, to relationship issues, family or parenting stress, and alcohol or drug use and abuse, among others.<\/p>\n

The program is open to Department of the Army Civilian employees, active-duty spouses, retirees and their immediate family members who are 18 or older.<\/p>\n

Sauber explained that everyone needs support at some point in their lives, and that taking the opportunity to seek help and evaluate one\u2019s issues helps to encourage personal growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things that everybody can work on,\u201d Sauber said. \u201cWe are all working on progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Supervisors can recommend that civilian employees who they believe are struggling attend the program, Sauber explained, but the final decision rests with the individual.<\/p>\n

In the case of employees, the goal is to help them become productive again, Sauber said. Through the EAP, employees and supervisors can receive consultation, mediation and prevention education.<\/p>\n

The program can include screening, assessments, short-term counseling and referral in order to address problems that may affect job performance or well-being before they become more serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am full of resources and helpful information,\u201d Sauber said. \u201cIntervention and prevention before anything occurs is my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sauber says she can work with management and supervisors to provide work intervention, proper communication, emotional wellness, training, conflict resolution and even workplace bullying solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody deserves that equality and that social justice in their position,\u201d said Sauber. \u201cI am here to help [provide that] service [to] everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who have questions about the EAP or who have questions can contact Sauber by phone at DSN 263-8059 or by email at ashley.d.sauber.civ@army.mil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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