title: An evaluation of counselling for employer-referred problem drinkers.
abstract: Counselling projects are facing increasing pressure from funders to evaluate their work. This study outlines the methodology adopted by the Employee Counselling Service in seeking to investigate whether the project was achieving its main aim of preventing the dismissal of clients from employment because of alcohol related problems. The results show that the project was successfully meeting this aim, with only 7.7% of their referrals being dismissed because of alcohol related problems. The evaluation also highlighted the benefits of referral for counselling prior to disciplinary procedures and gave evidence of the positive perceptions of the project held by clients and referrers.
authors.affiliation: Employee Counselling Service, Glasgow.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: McAllister
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D003376:Counseling; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009790:Occupations; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012606:Scotland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires