Colorado College
PA-14: Wellness Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Ryan
Simmons VP of People & Workplace Culture HR |
Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
CC offers a variety of wellness programs for students. To begin, the Wellness Resource Center coordinates and integrates efforts to promote health and prevent health problems, including education of campus constituents on a range of wellness-related topics, such as healthy relationships, healthy sexual engagement, alcohol and other substance use and abuse, mental health and life balance. Furthermore, Boetcher Health Center offers students six counseling sessions free of charge.
The college offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees (faculty and staff) and their families. EAP provides free counseling to help individuals dealing with marital and parenting issues, anxiety and depression, chemical dependency and co-dependency, grief and loss, job stress, co-worker conflict, child and elder care, etc. Financial and legal services, identity theft, fraud resources, and referral services are also available at discounted rates.
Other wellness offerings include annual biometric health screenings, health assessments with resources for taking action, annual flu shots, presentations on a range of topics like nutrition, physical fitness, stress reduction, personal financial planning, sense of place (as part of our professional development program), etc. Employees and dependents have access to our onsite fitness center and we have two employees trained in basic ergonomic evaluations.
Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Colorado College is committed to providing an environment for students, faculty, staff, contractors, and guests that is conducive to learning and working, and that promotes the health and well being of all members of the community. While the use of tobacco is a personal choice, the health hazards related to smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke are well-documented. In the interests of reducing harm from tobacco use and second-hand smoke, providing an environment that encourages persons to be tobacco-free, reducing long-term health-care costs, and promoting a campus culture of wellness, Colorado College has established a smoke and tobacco-free policy.
Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Employee Benefits Program website: www.mybensite.com/coloradocollege
This year as part of our focus on mental health we added a QPR training requirement (question, persuade, refer) to help employees recognize and perhaps intervene in suicide attempts. Employees are expected to complete the online training before the end of February 2023.
Employee Benefits Program website: www.mybensite.com/coloradocollege
This year as part of our focus on mental health we added a QPR training requirement (question, persuade, refer) to help employees recognize and perhaps intervene in suicide attempts. Employees are expected to complete the online training before the end of February 2023.
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