Are you an employer with addicted employees?

 

We have work place solutions for employers

Last Door has worked with firefighters, policemen, lawyers, pilots, nurses, medical doctors, the oil and gas industry and employees from a variety of small to global companies.

Services include: 

 

  • Assessment,
  • Intake/Orientation,
  • Stabilization,  
  • Primary Treatment Transition,
  • Follow Up – Continuous Case Management,
  • Monitoring, return to work agreements
  • Alumni Groups,
  • Staged Workplace Reintegration,
  • Social and Recreational Activities,
  • Improved Employee Functioning

Our program has a value added Family component that provides support, counselling and groups for family members and a residential component as well. Costs for most of the family program services are included in core treatment costs. 

Much of the $24.3 billion a year of potential workplace losses are associated with employees who have addiction issues. Addictions can cost up to $7,000 per employee per year in areas such as  theft,  fraud, accidents, legal expenses, insurance claims, staff turnover and abuse of benefit plans and sick time. This staggering, enormous loss to companies is something Last Door works with employers, EAP Professionals and unions to help address. Last Door’s work with the problem employee ultimately reduces costs to employers.

In most cases treatment costs are covered by insurance or Employee Health Benefits or by Employer/Employee agreements. Last Door offers residential addiction treatment consisting of individually tailored treatment planning for each person. Our care plans are flexible in terms of length of stay and return to work/transition planning. Our core treatment program has 25 years demonstrated success helping individuals and families overcome addiction. 

 

How can you tell if an employee is addicted to drugs

The following are some of the behavioural characteristics that may occur with drug addiction. Note that these behavioural characteristics do not always indicate drug addiction, but may warrant further investigation.

  • Absenteeism – absences without notification and an excessive use of sick days
  • Frequent disappearances from the work site, long unexplained absences, improbable excuses
  • Unreliability in keeping appointments and meeting deadlines
  • Work performance that alternates between periods of high and low productivity
  • Mistakes made due to inattention, poor judgment, and bad decisions
  • Confusion, memory loss, and difficulty concentrating or recalling details and instructions
  • Ordinary tasks require greater effort and consume more time
  • Interpersonal relations with coworkers suffer
  • Rarely admits errors or accepts blame for errors or oversights
  • Progressive deterioration in personal appearance and hygiene
  • Wearing long sleeves when inappropriate
  • Personality change - mood swings, anxiety, depression, lack of impulse control, suicidal thoughts or gestures
  • Increasing personal and professional isolation