{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe51630c3-cacc-435d-b671-7fb5bc61b494","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Employee and Family Assistance Programs \u2013 Do they work?","description":"Many in healthcare have heard of or even utilized an Employee Assistance Program, often expanded to Employee and Family Assistance programs, or EFAPs. In this episode of The HQ, we talk with Steve Ashton, Vice-President, People and Organization Development at the IWK Health Centre, about EFAPs. What are EFAPs? Where do they come from? Do they truly make a difference \u2013 both to employees (and their families) and to the employer? Do they need to change, especially in a post-COVID health system? Tune in as we tackle these questions and more!\r\n\nAbout Steve Ashton\r\n\nSteve Ashton, is the Vice-President of People and Organization Development at the https://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/ (IWK Health Centre). IWK serves women, children, and youth in Atlantic Canada. Prior to the IWK, Steve held senior HR leadership roles with Bell Aliant, where he helped develop a multi-year Learning Strategy, as well as Leadership Development and Succession programs.\u202f He was previously a Partner with Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette working in executive search and career transition. \r\n\nSteve has a wealth of education that includes a bachelor\u2019s in psychology, an MBA, and is a graduate of Harvard\u2019s program on Leading Change and Organizational Renewal. \r\n\n\r\n\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5be03dd4-5e2f-478f-b3de-58f2057d7284/22466362-1646692877649-4438559ac09e8.jpg"}