The Emotional Support Line provides free and confidential support, helping callers experiencing increased anxiety due to the coronavirus emergency. The Help Line is staffed by volunteers, including mental health professionals, who have received training in crisis counseling.
The SUNY Oswego Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a worksite-based program designed to help employees deal with the everyday issues involved in balancing work and life, as well as more serious problems that may impact work performance. EAP services are confidential, voluntary, and offered at no cost to employees and their families.
Services:
Employees and their family members can turn to EAP for help with many personal and work-related issues including:
Family Assistance
- Child care, parenting
- Domestic issues
- Elder care
- Relationships/marital problems
Health and Wellbeing
- Addiction
- Smoking cessation
- Substance abuse
- Gambling
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Emotional issues/emotional support
- Physical illness
- Healthy lifestyle
- Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
- Stress
Legal
- Will
- Divorce, child custody
- Financial, bankruptcy
Work/Career Issues
EAP can help you with concerns about any workplace issue. You can call the EAP for advice if you are worried about a coworker or manager’s behavior or state of mind, or for a consultation if you need impartial help thinking through a difficult workplace problem.
Life Changes
- Grief/loss
- Housing
- Retirement
Resources
At any time, from any location, employees can access several resources designed to help them understand, manage, and improve their health.
EAP Committee
- Mangala Nanthakumar, EAP Coordinator
- Elizabeth Keida, EAP Wellness Ambassador
- Jenny Grass, EAP Chairperson
- Steven Abraham
- Graig Arcuri
- Jennifer Cook
- Trinity Engle
- Courtney Gazda
- Marie Gerhardt
- Theresa Giordano
- Ellen Gooch
- Jennie Hoffman
- Rebecca Kempney
- Andrew Ohstrom
- Cassandra Para
- Jordan Perry
- Shelly Sloan
- Nicole Stephensen
- Adam Sweeney
- Joey Tse
- Honghua Zhao
Contact
If you need assistance from the Employee Assistance Program Coordinator, Mangala Nanthakumar, please call 1-315-312-5546. If you need assistance after hours or on weekends you can call 1-800-822-0244, which is staffed 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year.