About the roop group

 

 

 

 

 

I think I figured it out! First and foremost, I am a mother and a community member who, just like you, is very concerned about the crisis involving drug abuse. I won't just sit by why lives are lost, families are left to grieve and raise grandchildren, and businesses fail to optimize their bottom lines. I'm also a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor, Certified Employee Assistance Professional, and Substance Abuse Professional under 49 CFR Part 40 of the U.S. Department of Transportation. I have assessed hundreds of persons in violation of their companies' prohibitions on substance use at work; I've held the hands of loved ones who've lost a son or daughter to overdose. I've responded to companies where a co-worker's child died of an overdose. IT AFFECTS EVERYONE!

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Strong compulsion for the drug brings one to the point of losing a good job and, as a clinician, I've seen what works in getting people drug-free and their lives back on track. NOW they can also support their family! Many small to mid-sized companies can't afford an EAP which is maybe more than a company actually needs. However, they still desire to hire that promising candidate or keep an employee, but they lack a mechanism with which to do so. Where do I send them? How do I know they did what they needed to do? 

 

The Company Assistance Program (CAP) offers the policy violator a Last Chance Agreement (LCA) for help. It is ONLY when the job is on the line that the employer finally gets their attention; the decision being: my drugs or my job? My drugs or my family? In 95% of my cases, they chose their job. Through the LCA, employees must attend CAP's three-hour "assess and refer" model of intervention whereby the policy violator is expertly evaluated by myself or a hand-picked Substance Abuse Professional in your area. Under my supervision, they must agree to abide by all terms of the LCA including recommendations; the employee will know that failure to do so will likely result in: no job. Through CAP's LCA protocol the chances are favorable for the employer to now have a drug-free employee. They will also have a safer workplace with a more focused staff spending less time and money on interviews, background checks, and drug tests!