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Get your Business on the Road to Recovery
Get your Business on the Road to Recovery
When substance use affects the health of your organization, there’s a new direction in how to handle it.
It’s called the Recovery Friendly Workplace initiative – and it can take your business to better morale, better bottom-line performance, and happier, healthier, loyal, long-term employees.
Being a Recovery Friendly Workplace is good economic policy. It’s also good HR and healthcare policy.
And it starts right here.
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The Road to Recovery:
Steps to becoming a Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW)
Do an Internal Assessment
Examine your current workplace culture, policies, and practices
Build Consensus
Enlist the support of key stakeholders, especially managers and supervisors.
Make a Declaration
Use the toolkit to craft a policy statement, declaration and company-wide email
Mobilize State and Local Resources
Work with experts who know the issues and the necessary actions that can help
Designate a Peer Champion
If possible, use employee volunteers as on-site recovery coaches.
Make Resources Available
Involve appropriate support groups (such as AA, NA, & LiveLOUD) for peer-to-peer help
Training & Education
Recovery Friendly Workplace training for all levels is available, online or in-person.
Do an Annual Assessment
Measure progress by identifying and tracking key metrics each year.
Keep Going!
Like recovery itself, becoming a Recovery Friendly Workplace is a process. Keep at it.