Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications and credentials

Pacific Employee Assistance, affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital, was established to provide quality Employee Assistance Program services to organizations in Pierce County. Pacific Employee Assistance has its own budget and administrative, clinical, supervisory, counseling and training staff.  

Here’s a summary of our qualifications and credentials:

• We provide services to 12,500 employees throughout Pierce County every year
• We are licensed to do business in the state of Washington as a not-for-profit organization
• Our counselors are required to have extensive training, a minimum of five years’ experience as a counselor, and to be licensed by Washington
• Confidentiality is of utmost importance to us. As a result, we maintain the strictest client confidentiality and a record-security system
• We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards in order to provide quality, confidential services
• We meet all federal requirements for equal opportunity and affirmative action

We carry worker’s compensation insurance and $5 million per occurrence liability coverage, including error and omissions insurance. Since Pacific Employee Assistance is a hospital-based program, our insurance coverage is provided through the Washington Hospital Liability Insurance Fund.

For more information, please call Pacific Employee Assistance at 253-697-8350 or toll free at 1-877-223-7428.