Officer Wellness Clause Samples
Officer Wellness. 169. Within one year of the Effective Date, SPD will develop and maintain an officer assistance and support program, which will provide access to no- or low-cost counseling and mental wellness services including: confidential counseling services; crisis counseling; stress management counseling; and mental health evaluations. Supervisors will be trained on the resources available and will ensure that officers are aware of these resources.
Officer Wellness. In order to promote officer well-being, the City will schedule each employee for an annual wellness review with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) mental health professional (e.g., Backing the Badge) paid for and provided by the City. Employees will be compensated for time taken to meet with the provider, and all attempts will be made to provide the least amount of disruption to each employee’s regularly-scheduled shift to accomplish the scheduling of these annual appointments. An employee may choose to not engage in discussion during the scheduled session and shall not be disciplined for the decision to not engage.
Officer Wellness. In order to promote officer well-being, each employee will be required to attend an annual wellness review with a police psychologist (e.g., Backing the Badge) paid for and provided by the City. Employees will be compensated for time required to meet with the psychologist, and all attempts will be made to provide the least amount of disruption to each employee’s regularly-scheduled shift to accomplish the scheduling of these annual appointments. This obligation will commence once a committee consisting of representatives of the Union, the Human Resources Department, and the Chief and/or his designee completes the details of the Officer Wellness review program, with the intention of ensuring the confidentiality of the employees’ participation in the process.