Employee Assistance Programs in South Africa / by R Paul Maiden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maiden, R. Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee assistance programs--South Africa.

Employee assistance programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, [2014].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are a relatively new development in South Africa, having emerged in the 1980s, and this groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive overview of these EAPs in South Africa. It gives readers a first-hand view of the myriad issues encountered by South African practitioners. Employee Assistance Programs in South Africa provides EAP professionals, human resources managers, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals with startling insight into the significant clinical, cultural, and ethical problems that their South African colleagues face in the workplace. It begins to fill the gap in the literature on professional practice in an apartheid society and can help develop opportunities for dialogue and an exchange of ideas between all EAP workers to help educate them and bring them together. This enlightening and potentially controversial book addresses a variety of pertinent topics, including: the conceptual sophistication of EAPs currently operating in the South African business community an evaluation of the macro model EAP in South Africa in light of the country’s sociopolitical, economic, and social problems cultural concerns facing black and white EAP practitioners and clients ethical conflicts inherent in working in an environment sanctioned by apartheid widespread alcohol and drug problems in South Africa the development of a post-traumatic stress and accident involvement program current educational developments in the EAP field in South AfricaProviding a thorough, clear understanding of South Africa’s EAPs, this is an ideal book for all professionals and advanced students interested in the effects of political, societal, and cultural values on the operations of EAPs in a foreign country.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Returning to Africa; First World EAPs Serving Third World Clients: A U.S. Perspective of the South African Experience; EAP Evolution in South Africa; A Macro EAP Model; Current Clinical Issues; Treatment Resources; Cultural and Ethical Issues; Managed Care in South Africa; Training Professionals; Future Perspectives; The State of the Art of EAPs in South Africa: A Critical Analysis; Background of the Initial Study; Historical Development of EAPs in the RSA; Survey Results; Conclusions and Recommendations on EAPs in South Africa

EAPs in South Africa: A Macro ModelTwo Models: Micro to Macro; Cultural Issues in South African EAPs: The Perspective of the Black Client; Cultural Conception of the EAP; The Influence of traditional Belief Systems on the Utilization of the EAP; The Influence of Norms and Values; The Effects of a Culture of Apartheid; Conclusion; Ethical Issues in the South African Workplace; South Africa Today; Current Ethical Issues; Roles and Functions; The Occupational Social Worker in a Changing Society; Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Treatment Alternatives in South Africa; Legal Drug Abuse; Illegal Drug Abuse

The LegislationTreatment Services in South Africa; Treatment Models and Resources; Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Dependence Treatment; Alcohol and Drugs in Industry; Conclusion; Minimizing Post Traumatic Stress in Critical Mining Incidents; Traumatic Incidents in the Mining Industry; PTSD in the Work Situation; COPE: A Framework; COPE Program; Conclusion; Enuresis Among Black Mining Employees: A Preliminary Study; Enuresis as an Employee Problem; Pilot Study; Analysis of Results; Conclusions

Cost Effective Quality Services in the Context of the Health Care Crisis: Implications and Opportunities for South African EAPsIntroduction; Historical Perspective; South African Health Care Structure; South African Health Care Crisis; Implications and Opportunities for South African EAPs; Occupational Social Work Education in South Africa; Purpose of Study; Social Work Education in South Africa; Training tn Occupational Social Work; Survey Methodology; Results; Conclusion

Notes:

''Employee Assistance Programs in South Africa has also been published as Employee Assistance Quarterly , Volume 7, Number 3 1992''--T. p. verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-85954-8

1-317-94001-6

1-317-94002-4

9781315859545

OCLC:

878405455