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San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Monthly Meeting
Our Mission
To Promote Employee Assistance Programs as an effective means of enhancing the well-being and productivity of employees in the workplace, and to facilitate the professional identification of Chapter members and the development of quality Employee Assistance in the San Francisco Bay Area
March 9, 2021
Fay Zenoff - Addiction Recovery Advocate, Consultant Coach

Topic Title:
Thriving Beyond Treatment: Helping Employees Transition Back to Work
Presentation Schedule:
11:30am-12pm - Group Introductions

12pm-12:10pm - Moving beyond a crisis-intervention model of treatment

12:10pm-12:20pm - Anticipating the challenges employees face returning to work

12:20pm-12:35pm - Identifying and understanding employees impacted by SUDS

12:35pm-12:55pm - Supporting clients to integrate and strengthen recovery

12:55pm-1:05pm - Positioning recovery as an organizational strategic advantage

1:05pm-1:15pm - Influencing change to become a recovery-conducive workplace

1:15pm-1:30pm - Questions & Answers
Presentation Description:
The numbers of employees adversely impacted by substance use disorders is far greater than the percentage of workers pro-actively seeking help from their companies’ HR and/or EAP departments. Moving beyond the crisis-intervention model of treatment, Fay Zenoff offers insight into identifying, engaging and supporting employees who are navigating SUDs-related challenges. Fay’s integrative approach to recovery invites participants to expand their approach to positively impacting the lives of individual clients at all stages on the addiction-recovery continuum as well influence improved health and well-being across the broader organization. This presentation will be educational and interactive. 

Educational Goals:
  1. Broaden participants' understanding of recovery from that of an individual's therapeutic process to that of an organization's strategic priority to improve health, safety and performance across the workforce.
  2. Expand participants’ ability to identify, support and strengthen the recovery of employees and colleagues impacted by SUDs. 
  3. Increase participants’ engagement in shifting culture, policy and management practices to support the creation of recovery-conducive work environments.  

Objectives:
  1. Participants will be able to recognize the four groups of employees most impacted by SUDs.
  2. Participants will be able to identify the five key areas within organizations that pose the most challenges to employees returning to work after treatment.
  3. Participants will be able to utilize the eight dimensions of wellness to help clients access and integrate recovery into all areas of well-being. 
Bio:
Fay Zenoff is an addiction recovery wellness consultant and coach working with individuals, families and organizations. Her advocacy work to end the stigma of addiction and integrate recovery has been the subject of numerous articles and interviews including in The New York Times, Bloomberg Business Week, USA Today, and NPR’s California Report, among others. Prior to launching her private practice in 2020, Fay served as the Executive Director of Center for Open Recovery (formerly The National Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Addictions, Bay Area), a direct-service and social-impact non-profit based in San Francisco. Fay is the recipient of Constellation Behavioral Health’s Courage Award for her contributions in the field. She holds an MBA in organizational behavior from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Fay lives in Marin County and has been in recovery since 2007. 

References:
Hemp, Paul; “Presenteeism: At Work But Out of It” Harvard Business Review, October 2004.
Ingraham, Christopher, One in eight American adults is alcoholic, study says. Washington Post, August 11, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ wonk/wp/2017/08/11/study-one-in-eight-american-adults-are- alcoholics/?utm_term=.e2f195aa56e3
Kelly, PhD John F. Working on addiction in the workplace., Harvard Health Blog. 26 July 2017, www.health.harvard.edu/blog/working-on-addiction-in-
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2015 SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder by Industry, samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_1959/ShortReport-1959.html.
Moody, Katheryn “Study: Drug use by US Workers reaches a 12 year high” HRDrive, May 17, 2017 hrdive.com/news/study-drug-use-by-us-workers- reaches-a-12-year-high/442934/
Morin, Amy Entrepreneurial Addiction is a Real Problem Forbes, September 24, 2014 www.forbes.com/sites/amymorin/2015/09/24/entrepreneurial- addiction-is-a-real-problem-here-are-the-6-warning-signs/#1c029461aed6
Nogucki, Yuki Opioid Crisis Looms Over Job Market, Worrying Employers And Economists Morning Edition, National Public Radio September 7, 2017 www.npr.org/2017/09/07/545602212/opioid-crisis-looms-over-job-market- worrying-employers-and-economists
Sommervile, Health & Mat, Patrick, Use of illicit drugs becomes part of Silicon Valley, The Mercury News, July 25, 2014 mercurynews.com/2014/07/25/use-of-illicit-drugs-becomes-part-of-silicon- valleys-work-culture/ 
The San Francisco Chapter of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs and/or LEPs. The San Francisco Chapter of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. The Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  

The San Francisco Chapter of EAPA can be reached via our website: sfbayeapa.org or by writing us at PO Box 5370 Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Contact us for any needed accommodations or to address any grievances. Our CAMFT Continuing Education Provider Number is 57003.
CEU Requirements:
  1. Participants will join the course on time and will remain for the entire presentation. Participants will come prepared to learn and participate openly in discussion
  2. Participants will be required to submit the course evaluation form before being sent a CEU certificate. Any participant with disabilities or other special needs, who need special accommodations in this course are invited to share these concerns or requests at [email protected] as soon as possible.
  3. Registration is required
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