• Establishing a drug free workplace policy. If one already exists, a review is usually helpful.
• Training supervisors to recognize signs of substance abuse, and develop skills necessary to intervene and communicate about related performance problems.
• Helping employers to appropriately manage issues related to positive urine screens at the work site.
• Assisting supervisors to resolve immediate work site problems through phone consultation with experienced professionals.
• Coordinating disability benefits for qualifying employees.
• Reintegrating employees into the workplace.
• Monitoring compliance of employees involved in "return to work agreements", through timely documentation. Patient monitoring (Blue Flag Program) is a value added program that tracks mandated clients through the treatment process, and reports monthly on each client's progress.

Jerry Gjesvold, Manager of Employer Services, covers the state of Oregon as Serenity Lane's liaison for business and industry helping to identify substance abuse. He conducts educational seminars and supervisory training, and oversees the Patient Monitoring system for employers. Mr. Gjesvold advises about last chance agreements between employers and workers, as well as consults on all aspects of an employee's reintegration into the workforce. He provides case management and support to both employers and employees while utilizing his many years experience as a counselor and negotiator.

Note: Jerry Gjesvold authors a monthly newspaper column where he presents information about alcohol and substance abuse issues. Some columns are available here on our website.
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Jason Temchin joined Serenity Lane in mid-2007 He provides case management, supervisory training, and advice on workplace alcohol and drug issues, and is Serenity Lane's liaison with medical professionals. Jason is based in Serenity Lane's Barbur Boulevard clinic in southwest Portland where he services business and industry in the northern Oregon area.

Jason's professional background includes working as an alcohol and drug counselor in both outpatient and residential settings and most recently as Community Relations Coordinator for a national treatment provider.

Jason holds a BS in Human Services and is licensed as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor I.

Jason serves on the board of the Portland Employer DrugFree Initiative and is a board member of the Columbia River Employee Assistance Professionals Association. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Oregon Employer DrugFree Initiative and Salem DrugFree Workplace.