Employee Wellness
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Counselling, Coaching and Support
Your Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provides free and confidential help, counselling and wellness supports for you and your family. These services are provided to you through an external provider, Homewood Health. Reach out for online and over-the-phone assistance, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Your EFAP brochure (EN/FR)
Get in Touch
Toll-free: 1-800-663-1142 | TTY: 1-888-384-1152
International (call collect): 604-689-1717
Numéro sans frais: 1-866-398-9505 | ATS: 1-866-433-3305
Appels internationaux (frais virés acceptés): 514-875-0720
Homeweb.ca
Homeweb offers you interactive tools, health and wellness assessments as well as a library of health, life balance and workplace articles. Create an account to get recommendations and access to helpful resources.
Please note: Homeweb will be temporarily unavailable on Wednesdays from 2-5 p.m. MST due to planned system upgrades.
To Register
- Visit www.homeweb.ca
- Click Sign Up
- Enter information into the required fields and then click Next Step
- Type in the name of your employer (e.g. District or Association)
- Submit the additional information required
- Click Sign In and get ready to search, browse and get expert support!
Wellness Resources (Life Smart Coaching)
Your EFAP can connect you to short-term counselling, online coaching and other resources. Offerings include but are not limited to:
Career
- Career planning
- Pre-retirement planning
- Shift work support
- Workplace issues
Health
- Jumpstarting your wellness
- Lifestyle changes
- Nutritional coaching
- Smoking cessation
Life Balance
- Addictions support
- Anxiety/stress
- Childcare and parenting
- Elder and family care
- Financial coaching
- Grief/bereavement and loss
- Legal advisory services
- Relationship solutions
Brochures, E-Courses and Videos
Brochures and Handouts
- A Helping Hand for New Parents
- Balancing the Give and Take of Teaching
- Fine-tuning Your Finances
- Get to Know Your EFAP | Apprenez à connaître votre PAEF
- Healthy Relationships Build Healthy Schools
- Lightening Your Mental Health Load
- Your Golden Years Await
- Your Path to Mental Wellness | Votre chemin vers le bien-être mental
E-Courses
Your EFAP provides self-paced, private e-courses to improve your personal health on a range of topics from taking control of stress, resilience, to embracing workplace change. Visit Homeweb.ca for a full list of offerings. E-courses are offered to Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP) covered members and their dependents.
EFAP Orientation
Register for a free 30-minute online orientation session to learn more about:
- What EFAP is all about
- EFAP supports available to you and your family members
- How to access EFAP supports
- How your confidentiality and privacy is protected
Videos
- Dealing with Seasonal Depression
- Reducing Anxiety and Managing the Transition Back to the Classroom | Comprendre l’effet de la COVID-19 sur la santé mentale
- Supporting Children's Mental Health | Protéger la santé mentale des enfants
- Taking Charge of Stress
- What is Languishing and Why is it Important? | Qu’est-ce que la langueur et pourquoi faut-il s’en soucier?