Goodwood Park Mental health residential care facility

<body> <h1>ABOUT US</h1> <p>Goodwood Park is a residential service that provides an environment that supports and enhances the quality of life, independence and integration, with a recovery focus for service users experiencing mental illness.<br> Goodwood Park focuses on enabling service users to move progressively to towards their goals through the provision of a continuum of care.<br> Goodwood Park values the collaboration and contributions made by tangata whai ora/service users, family, whanau and the wider community that supports quality of service delivery whilst striving towards excellence in mental health provision.<br> Management Team<br> <br> Debbie Wood<br> General Manager<br> I have been working at GPT for the last ten years in various roles, I started in a part time position working on afternoon shift, I progressed to team leader and moved onto the position of operation Manager. In 2006, I took up the role of General Manger to Goodwood park Trust Services. prior experience, I have been working in the Mental Health field for the last twenty years from an acute setting to community work. I am currently working on my way through a Diploma in management and have achieved several other training certificates along the way. in my other life I am a mum of two children my daughter is thirteen and my son is nine we have several animals also that make up my family. I have been married since 1990 and I have passion for working with people and been able to make a difference in peoples life's.<br> <br> <br> Erica Beattie <br> Clinical Director & Board Member<br> In 1981 I graduated as a Comprehensive Nursing Training at Christchurch Polytechnic. I then moved to Auckland and worked at Greenlane Hospital and then Carrignton Hospital before getting married and travelling to Australia and UK.<br> I have worked in various healthcare settings such as General physical health, practice nursing, managed 40 bed resthome, but most of my experience has been psychiatry. In 1989 I was founding partner of Goodwood Park and in 1995 and founding Director of Ranworth Healthcare.<br> I have lived and worked in Kumeu for the last 18years and am mother to five children.<br> <br> <br> <br> Anneka Beattie<br> Team Leader<br> I have been working at GPT with consumers who have experienced either a Mental Health Illness or a brain injury since 2003. Prior to that I worked on a dairy farm north of Wellsford.<br> Outside of work I am involved with our local fire service as a volunteer fire woman, and I also enjoy working with my 3 horses.<br> Since I started at GPT I have completed the National Mental Health Certificate and several other training courses.<br> I thoroughly enjoy my job and the opportunity it provides to make a difference in people's lives. <br> <br> Helen Whittaker<br> Team Leader - Operation's<br> I have worked at Goodwood Park trust for the past five years. working in mental health was a new direction for me and during this time I have completed the National Certificate in Mental Health and Recovery paper at AUT. I began as a Support worker and my role has now changed to that of team Leader. I find working in Mental health both rewarding and challenging, consistently providing the opportunity to work from a strengths based model which supports and challenges our clients to face the future in an optimistic way. I have 4 children 3 of which are currently overseas and 3 grandchildren who are also overseas so enjoy spending my leave visiting abroad. <br> <br> <br> <br> Laraine Stevens<br> Chief Executive Officer<br> Goodwood Park Trust conception occurred in August 1988 and two years later I joined the organisation in an administrative role. As the organisation grew and developed I became a member of Goodwood Park Trust's management team, which led to my current role of Chief Executive Officer. <br> During my working life and I have completed the New Zealand Diploma of Business and a Diploma in Management. <br> Prior to working at Goodwood Park Trust I lived and worked in Australia until I married and moved to New Zealand. I am also a mother of two children, have several pets and likes to read and travel when time allows. <br> <br> <br> Sheryl Lean<br> Administration<br> I am usually the person you first speak to when you phone GPT. Working in Administration at GPT for many years, I also have a close Woking relationship with clients. My role in multi faceted as I attend to accounts and assist the clients, staff and CEO in many areas.<br> I have a teaching background, mainly in teaching English to foreign students (ESOL).<br> Raewyn Knight<br> Complex needs Packages of Care Service Manager<br> As an occupational therapist, I have had a close relationship with Goodwood Park Trust over the past 8 years working firstly with clients with traumatic brain injuries and, since March this year, with clients who have mental health problems and complex needs. <br> I thoroughly enjoy my job and the challenges it presents. I have had experience in a variety of rehabilitation settings where I have been committed to enabling people to live the lives they want. Having completed a post graduate diploma in rehabilitation, I am now writing a thesis towards a Masters of Health Science. I enjoy being with my family, having fun with friends and sailing the Hauraki Gulf. <br> <br> Andrew Beattie<br> Board Member <br> Description Goes here<br> <br> Ken Boler<br> Board Member <br> Ken gained his ACA qualification in 1982.and admitted to membership of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants in the same year. He was appointed a Business Advisory Partner of Brown Woolley and Graham, Chartered Accountants in 1985 at the age of 28.<br> Ken is Managing Director / Partner of Grant Thornton Auckland & specialises in business planning and development, performance monitoring and management, structuring for asset protection and taxation efficiencies.<br> Ken has been the accountant to Goodwood Park from its inception in 1991 and appointed a Trustee in 2001. Ken has lived in the Huapai – Kumeu area all of his life and has developed a particular interest in mental health.<br> Ken’s outside of work interests include spending time with his family, boating, camping, and quad biking.<br> <a href="http://www.grantthornton.co.nz">www.grantthornton.co.nz</a> <br>  </p> <h1>Goodwood Park</h1> <p>, Caring for People who need Mental Health Support</p> <p>221 Riverhead Road, R.D.2 Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand; Ph: (64-9) 412 7373; email: <a href="mailto:info@goodwood.org.nz">info@goodwood.org.nz</a> </p> </body>