Colleague assistance programs are designed to provide assistance to impaired professionals, often in conjunction with the respective profession's state licensing board. The Tennessee Colleague Assistance Foundation (TCAF) is a colleague assistance program designed to serve mental healthcare providers in the state of Tennessee by:
- Educating psychologists and psychological examiners with respect to impairment and managing occupational stress that may lead to impairment.
- Intervening on impaired psychologists and psychological examiners when necessary.
- Ensuring appropriate evaluation and rehabilitation of impaired psychologists and psychological examiners.
- Providing support and advocacy services for those psychologists and psychological examiners referred for assistance.
- Engaging in ongoing monitoring of psychologists and psychological examiners as they resume their profession role.
The above-listed colleague assistance services are carried out with the ultimate goal of benefiting both the public and the profession of psychology.
