VAFA Player Assistance Program

The VAFA Player Assistance Program is now available to all registered VAFA players.

What is the VAFA Player Assistance Program?

The VAFA Player Assistance Program provides all current registered VAFA players with access to FREE counselling services with a qualified practitioner through our program provider, Converge International. Through the Player Assistance Program, current VAFA Players will be able to access up to three (3) counselling sessions delivered by a qualified practitioner. The 4 accessible streams are:

  1. Player (Employee) Assist
  2. Conflict Assist
  3. Nutrition & Lifestyle Assist
  4. Money Assist

See below for more details on each available stream.

How to book

Players will be able to make bookings to utilise the service via the below options. Players are asked to use the code “VAFA24” when booking.

Players will also have FREE access to a suite of support resources within the Converge Portal, which all VAFA players are encouraged to view. See below a short video walking through the Converge Portal platform.

The login details for the Converge Portal are:

  • Username: converge
  • Password: eap

 

Why is the VAFA introducing a Player Assistance Program?

The VAFA Player Assistance Program has been developed after consultation and feedback from VAFA stakeholders and is a key initiative to be delivered based on the VAFA’s Mental Health & Welfare Strategy. The VAFA understands that Mental Health and Welfare of its members is of great importance and that this initiative will be the primary Mental health initiative of the VAFA alongside the Tackle Your Feelings program.

The Player Assistance Program is funded partially through the $11 Player registration fee collected annually.

The Player Assistance Program will be delivered as a 6-month trial to allow for collection of insights and data on how to deliver this opportunity to VAFA Players moving forward. All of the information collected through these services is 100% confidential and data collected by the VAFA is de-identified.

4 accessible streams

Additional supporting documents

All information regarding the Player Assistance Program can be found on the VAFA website here

For any questions about the VAFA Player Assistance Program, please contact VAFA GM – Community & Club Support, Sean Walker.

*Converge International are traditionally a workplace Employee Assistance Provider, this means that some marketing material and language describing their products is targeted towards a workplace environment but is still accessible via VAFA’s partnership.