Our Team

 

 Company Directors

                                                                            Barbara Brook                                                           Jenny Oxley
      Barbara          Jenny    

      

       Office Manager

  

      Henriette    

 Occupational Therapists:

                                                                                                                              
Sue Gardiner
Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists, (UK), 1987, EMS accredited.
 
Sue currently specialises in the area of Driver and Passenger rehabilitation, including vehicle modifications. Prior to this she worked in the area of wheelchairs and seating and also has experience in older person"s assessment and rehabilitation and rheumatoloy.
 
                                                                                                                             
 Philippa Hamlyn
Bachelor of Health Science in Occupational Therapy BHSc(OT) 2001, EMS accredited. 
 
Areas of experience, interest and specialty include: Older Person’s Assessment and Rehabilitation (Physical), Adult Mental Health; Adult Neurology (Acute and outpatient) and presently Driver and Passenger rehabilitation.
 
 
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Carin Fechner
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist 1983, FIM/FAM, AMPS and EMS accredited.
 
Carin has predominantly worked in the community which she values as she likes to see people functioning in their home and work environments. She has previously worked in the USA and Australia. 
 
                                                                                                                              
Valerie Morgan
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist, EMS accredited
 
Valerie is experienced in a wide variety of practice areas. She has special interest in older persons care and has also worked as an auditor for health services.
 
                                                                                                                              
Joanne Parker
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist, EMS and FIM accredited
 
 
 
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Hilary Blamires
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist, 1983, Master of Science in Professional and Policy Studies, EMS, AMPS and FIM accredited.
 
Hilary’s work experience includes adult and elderly neurology, medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, rheumatology and oncology. She has also worked in acute and long-term mental health settings and with people with learning disabilities. 
 
                                                                                                                              
Christine Hall
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist 
 
 
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Tane Dikstaal-Smith
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist ,EMS accredited.
 
Tane has practiced as an Occupational Therapist for twenty years in New Zealand, England and the Middle East. Her interest over this time has been in neurology (including brain injury and stroke rehabilitation) and paediatrics. During the past five years she has specialised in Driver and Passenger rehabilitation and vehicle modifications.
 
                                                                                                                              
Harish Kala
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy 1998 (India), Master in Occupational Therapy 2000 (Australia), EMS, FIM and PGAP accredited.
 
Harish is experienced in Return to Work Assessments, Workstation Assessments, Housing Assessments, Vehicle Modifications and Driving Assessments. Harish has an interest in Driver Training and holds Driving Instructor status for Class 1 Vehicles.
 
                                                                                                                              
Teena Jorgensen
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist, 1986.
 
Areas of specialty include: Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Vocational Rehabilitation, including assessments and return to work programmes for commercial drivers and Driver/Passenger rehabilitation.
 
                                                                                                                                 Brownwen Burmester
NZ Registered Occupational Therapist, 1976 
 
Highly expereinced therapist working in paediatrics.  More recently specialised in Driver/Passenger rehabilitation. 

 

Physiotherapists:

 

 

                                                                                                                                         Ali Pomstra      
NZ Registered Physiotherapist, Bachelor of Social Science (Psycology)
 
Ali has a varied professional background including roles in Urology, Women"s Health, 
Mental Health, and for the six years to date, Needs & Workplace Assessment. Ali enjoys
her interactions with the diverse range of people she comes in contact with and believes 
her life experience places her will, to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients.
                                                                                                                   		           
                                                                          

Nurses:           

 
 

                                                                                                              
   Willemien Wennekers
Registered General and Obstetric Nurse, Post Graduate Cetificate Paediatric Nursing
(Netherlands) FIM accredited.
 
Willemien has worked in a variety of different areas, including rest homes, general, medical,
paediatric, and maternity settings. She has over 15 years experience as an independent
practitioner providing Social Rehabililtation, Nursing, Consumables, and Needs Assessments.
She thoroughly enjoys working in the community with a wide range of people.
                
                                                                                                                             Annette Arnold

Registered General Nurse, 1975, FIM accredited.

Post Graduate experience has been in theatre nursing, medical, older persons care and for
the past five years in needs assessment.
                                                                                                                               Adele Pudney

Registerd General Nurse

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Counsellor:

 Lyn Shaw

Psychologists:

                                                                                                                                  Jenny Cummings
                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 Speech Language Therapist:

                                                                                                         Amanda Yeates-McGrail

Bachelor of Speech-Language Therapy 1995, FIM and weeFIM accredited.

Amanda specialises in assessing and providing intervention to children, adolescents,
and adults who experience communication, speech and swallowing difficulties. She has
worked in a range of settings including Acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation Units, Ministry of
Education - Special Education Services, Hospital, Private Practice & Community based
Rehabilitation teams.
                                                                                     

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