Staff Resources
LWHA offers a comprehensive Employee and Family Assistance program (EFAP) in partnership with Homewood. This EFAP offers a wide variety of resources for you and your family, available to all LWHA staff. By accessing the Homewood Pathfinder app or HomeWeb page, you gain access to resources such as:
- Homewood MeetNow, this provides immediate access to a mental health professional.
- Counselling that is convenient to your needs, Pathfinder offers you the ability to book appointments with Mental Health professionals through an online booking system, free of charge.
- Life Smart Coaching, this can support a variety of life balance and health issues, as well as offer support to help you better manage your career and the stressors that come along with it.
Within Homewood’s EFAP, you can access support for many things, as listed below.
- Nutrition coaching/advice
- Lifestyle change coaching
- Smoking cessation
- Overall Wellness support
- Elder care resources (i.e. assistance with placement of a loved one in an assisted care facility, support with finding community-based services, financial assistance etc.)
- Childcare resources (i.e. finding childcare, finding special needs services etc.)
- Relationship support and guidance
- Financial guidance/planning support
- Legal guidance
- Grief and Loss support and counselling
- Burnout and stress support/management/coping techniques
- Career planning
- Support with management of workplace issues
- Retirement planning support
- Shift work resources
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Additionally, with Homewood’s EFAP, you gain access to Sentio by Homewood, which is an internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy program. This has proven to be effective therapy for mild-moderate depression, anxiety and other psychological mental health issues.
Among all these great resources, you also gain access to the Homewood Resource Library, which contains many articles and resources for a wide range of topics/concerns.
To get started on your Health and Wellness Journey with Homewood EFAP, please access the HomeWeb internet page, or download the Homewood Pathfinder app in the App Store or Google Play Store.
Additional resources available:
| 988 Ontario, Crisis Support Line | Call or text 988 toll-free, anytime. |
| Connex Ontario | 24/7 mental health support ConnexOntario | Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services |
| GreenShield (Full time employees) | Offers mental health services (i.e. modules/videos, articles) and a Care Navigation resource. |
| Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program | Can be accessed via either self-referral or Health Care Provider referral Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) Program | CAMH |
| Support for Survivors of Violence | Various free helplines and resources Connect with supports for survivors of violence | ontario.ca |
| Newcomers to Ontario (Program of CAMH) | Mental Health and Addiction support in other languages Information in Other Languages | CAMH |
