Mental Health Services for Casual & Salaried Employees
Sorry to hear you are having a tough day. There are several options open to you for accessing assistance - some may be faster than others, but I will provide some links here:
EFAP - You can phone or reach out online - simply say you are a SAIT employee and provide a telephone number where they can reach you.
https://sait.lifeworks.com/
If you have never registered before , you can Sign up first, and then there are various options to connect with a counsellor. But I can give you a direct phone number here too:
1.844.671.3327. There is additional information
on SAITNOW.
SAIT's EFAP services are only available to Salaried employees.
For other options that you may wish to consider at a slightly slower pace/your own pace, you can make use of your psychological dollars available to you through your Manulife benefits plan - you have up to $3,000 per benefit year and can choose your own service provider. You can choose any provider who is designated as Clinical Counsellors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Social Workers (MSW only).
And then, to stretch those dollars even further, we have one other option - a partnership with
Inkblot, which can provide access to their counsellors but at a better rate than most regular service providers. These can be accessed directly through Inkblot - you complete a questionnaire first I believe, and then can choose/filter the kind of counsellor you need, to find the most appropriate person - and then you can book online sessions through Inkblot for 30 minutes, 60 or 90 minutes - you would need to pay for the session yourself, but then claim back the costs through your regular Manulife benefit plan. This partnership essentially enables you to obtain more sessions for your money. Again, a direct phone number for convenience is
1.855.933.0103
Inkblot is available to all SAIT employees, both Casual and Salaried!
For more information on How it works & how to register please see our SAITNOW page.
I hope this helps in the first instance. Let me know if you need any other information and reach out to your leader for any supports you might need in relation to your work.
Kind regards