10.5 Employee Assistance Program

Question 1

Who is EAP available to?

Answer 1

Employees, spouse, dependant children

Question 2

How does an employee document the use of Merit Behavioral Care (MBC) if it occurs during work hours?

Answer 2

STD 634 – sick or vacation time

Question 3

True or False
A manager drafts a “management supervisor referral” letter to MBC (Merit Behavioral Care) for an employee, but they cannot force an employee to go.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Regarding Peer Support. What is considered a critical incident?

Answer 4

Any event, on duty or off duty job related, involving actual or threatened death or serious injury, which has the potential to create a sense of fear, helplessness, horror or general distress

Question 5

A commander may request peer support under the following circumstances?

Answer 5

1) Employee involved critical incident.
2) Group debriefing for CI.
-Employee may decline
-Commander will assist in selection of peer support counselor

Question 6

In the event of a critical incident, the commander will make direct contact through the local ________
__________ where a peer support roster is maintained.

Answer 6

Communications center

Question 7

An off duty peer support counselor (PSO, PSPSD, PSA) may be compensated up to _____ hours of ______ when responding to a commanders request for sevice.

Answer 7

4 hours CTO

Question 8

Who can approve the use of the Departments aircraft for peer support?

Answer 8

The appropriate Asst. Comm.

Question 9

Who is the program coordinator for the ESAP (Employee Substance Abuse Program)?

Answer 9

Health and Safety Section, Personnel and Training Division

Question 10

The CHP Chaplain is available on request and may provide assistance to whom?

Answer 10

All employees, active and retired, plus family of deceased employees upon request.

Question 11

True or False
The CIRT (Critical Incident Response Team) shall respond to an on-duty death. Commanders may request CIRT assistance with off duty deaths as well.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) – How does a commander request CIRT services?

Answer 12

By contacting Health and Safety Section /Personnel and Training Division or the Sacramento Comm. Center

Question 13

Are critical incident stress debriefings mandatory for employees? If so, within how many hours?

Answer 13

Only for shooting incidents and then completed within 72 hours (generally)