For City Council Meeting [August 14, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad R. Ansari, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Lucy M. Garcia, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
Title
Request City Council to Approve the Contract with The Counseling Team International in an Amount Not To Exceed $29,800.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Rialto uses the services of The Counseling Team International to provide essential short-term professional counseling services for City employees, and to conduct pre-employment psychological examinations for sworn and non-sworn applicants of the Police and Fire Department.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
The Counseling Team International provides short-term professional counseling to the employees and their eligible family members living in the home; supervisor referrals/consultations regarding problems employees face and/or any aspect of the employee support services; follow-up session for employees involved in critical incidents; and attendance at one health/benefit fair per year. The Counseling Team International track the number of hours not the number of people who make appointments. During the past three fiscal years, a total of 635 appointment hours have been attended by employees and eligible family members: fiscal year 2016 had 195 hours; fiscal year 2017 had 215 hours and fiscal year 2018 had 223 hours. All benefits and services above are budgeted within the Human Resources Department and will not exceed $16,000 for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, at a rate of $1,400 per month.
The Counseling Team International also provides 24-hour on call critical incident stress management services at a rate of $200 per hour (costs will not be incurred unless services are provided). Rialto Police Department has budgeted $5,000 and Rialto Fire Department has budgeted $2,000 to ensure critical incident services will be available at any time it may be needed for the period July 1, 2018 through Ju...
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