A healthy and vital church can only be achieved through healthy leadership. The Diocese is carrying out this commitment through the Clergy/Employee Assistance Program.
Clergy/Employee Assistance Program
The Diocese subscribes to an (Employee) Clergy Assistance Program that provides free, confidential, short-term counselling and information services to clergy and their eligible family members (spouse and dependent children under 18 or still attending school).
Use of the service isn’t reported to anyone, including the bishops and churchwardens, without your informed, voluntary and written consent.
The plan provides counselling for:
- stress management
- depression
- anxiety/anger
- crisis counselling
- career and work-related issues
- substance abuse
- life cycle changes
- grief
- relationships
- couple/family issues
You can also call for personalized work life resource information to help with decisions relating to:
- childcare
- parenting
- school age decisions
- youth and teens
- homecare or eldercare
- bereavement
- pre-retirement
- financial support
These services are totally voluntary and provided by Telus Health, an external company with no affiliation to the Diocese. Telus Health provides live 24-hour phone access, 365 days a year. To talk directly with a representative contact:
- English: 1-844-671-3327
- French: 1-855-360-5485
- TELUS Health One: http://one.telushealth.com/
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Finance
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Technology
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