 The EAPA is the professional body for Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs). It represents the interests of professionals concerned with employee assistance, psychological health and well being in the UK. EAPA members include external and internal EAP providers, purchasers, counsellors, consultants and trainers.
EAPs address team and individual performance and well being in the workplace. They include a mechanism for providing counselling and other forms of assistance, advice and information to employees on a systematic and uniform basis, and to recognised standards. EAPs are strategic interventions designed to produce organisational benefit - quantifiable outcome measurement - through a systems-lead approach and human asset management.
- provide leadership in promoting and developing EAPs in the UK,
- set national standards of practice and professional guidelines for EAPs.
- provide support and stimulation for the professional development of its members.
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