Workforce Development Staff

Sue Treanor

Director

Sue Treanor joined The Werry Centre as associate Director, and became director in 2004. Sue came to us with more than 20 years experience as a clinical psychologist. She has worked in a range of settings including in-patient, D/CY+F, and most recently as Clinical Team Leader, Kari Centre, Auckland Central CAMHS. She is keen to build relationships with child and adolescent and family mental health workers throughout New Zealand.

Email: s.treanor@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4297

Debbi Tohill

National Manager

Debbi joins the Werry Centre after six years experience with the Mental Health Foundation. Her background is in HR and Administration and she recently completed a Graduate Diploma in Not-for-Profit Management. Debbi’s role involves providing management support to the Project Leaders and directly managing projects relating to the CAMHS Conference, training days and website.

Email: d.tohill@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4288 Mobile: 021 568 013

Rawiri Wharemate

Kaumatua

Ngapuhi, Ngati Porou, Tainui, Ngati Pukenga descent.
Email: r.wharemata@auckland.ac.nz Mobile: 021 460 764

Justine Leef

Executive PA

Justine has been working at the Werry Centre since 2004. Her role is to support the Executive Team and lead the Project Support team. Justine’s background is in administrative roles within the mental health field, both NGO and DHB services.

Email: jn.leef@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4242

Dr. Bronwyn Dunnachie

Senior Advisor

In her Senior Advisor role, Bronwyn has responsibility for the Christchurch office of the Werry Centre, and leads a stream of work which includes the Real Skills Plus competency framework development.
Bronwyn has an extensive background working with young people and their whanau in both clinical and managerial roles in community settings. Most recently Bronwyn held a senior role at the CAFMHS in Christchurch . She currently maintains a Private Practice.

Email: b.dunnachie@auckland.ac.nz Mobile: 021 353 027

Tania Wilson

Senior Advisor

Of Te Arawa and Ngapuhi descent Tania has come to the Werry Centre with 20 plus years working as a clinical psychologist in a number of settings including forensic, maternal mental health, and child & adolescent mental health. Her former roles have included being a Clinical Director for a large NGO, manager of a regional CAMHS service, and consultant to various government departments on clinical issues, risk management, training, programme design and professional development.

Email: t.wilson@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4358

Maliaga Erick

Pacific Clinical Advisor

Fakaalofa lahi atu and Warm Pacific Greetings.
Maliaga Erick is a well known Pacific Island Mental Health Professional to Pacific Mental Health providers, locally, regionally and nationally. She has vast experience in community work and 11 years experience as a Clinical Social Worker/Senior Community Support Worker. Mali is also a member of the Multi-Regional Ethic Committee, member of the Pacific Reference Committee to the Mental Health Commisssion, National Director for Niu Development Inc part time. Mali will be working with the team to ensure that Pacific workforce needs are acknowledged in all Werry Centre workforce initiatives.

Oue Tulou!
Email: m.erick@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4277

Janice Beazley

Maori Clinical Advisor

Ngati Maniapoto me Ngati Rehua nga iwi

Janice came to the Werry Centre in April 2008 from her position as Team Co-ordinator for the Maori Clinical Team, He Kaakano at Counties Manukau DHB. She has nearly 20 years experience working as a Child & Family Therapist in the DHB and NGO sectors in South Auckland. Her passion is to participate in Werry Centre projects that will contribute to a reduction in the disparities in mental health outcomes for Maori tamariki and taiohi.

Email: j.beazley@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4214

Trish Lumb

Family/Whanau Advisor / Project Leader

Trish joined the Werry Centre as the Family/Whanau Advisor and is based at the Christchurch office. She has spent the last 7 years working voluntarily on a youth consumer and family/whanau advisory group with the CAF Services, CDHB.
Trish has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Canterbury and is completing a BA in Education and Human Services. She is very passionate about promoting child, youth and family participation and support in the mental health services.

Email: t.lumb@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 03 376 5632 Mobile: 021 827 919

Joyce Leevard

Youth Consumer Advisor

Kia Ora I’m Joyce, I am a youth consumer advisor here at The Werry Centre. I have been here at The Werry Centre and part of the ‘Youth Team’ since October 2007. I do a variety of things here at The Werry Centre including the "Youth Consumer Participation" and the "RISE" project's. I am excited to be working at The Werry Centre as I am very passionate about young people’s needs and mental health. I also am on the Like minds Like Mine youth advisory group, Counties Manukau District Health Board's Community Panel and have completed Blueprint’s consumer advisor training course.

Email: j.leevard@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4244

Ingrid Altena

Project Manager - Parent Management Training

Ingrid joined the Werry Centre as Project Leader for Parent Management Training in October 2005. She has a social work background with 12 years experience working in child and adolescent mental health services as a clinician and as a Team Leader.

Her current project involves training in Incredible Years parenting Programmes across New Zealand. Key aspects of her work are to promote fidelity in delivery to ensure best outcomes for families and establish sustanability across the regions. Ingrid continues facillitating Incredible Years groups in the community including several marae based groups.

Email: i.altena@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: 09 923 4022 Mobile: 021 618 053

Tania Anstiss

Incredible Years Practice Advisor

Tania is employed at The Werry Centre as Incredible Years Practice Advisor. In this role, Tania is responsible for supporting Group Leaders to maintain quality and fidelity in the delivery of the programme throughout New Zealand. As an accredited Mentor, Tania delivers training workshops and consultation days. Most recently, she has also been focused on the development of Incredible Years resources for Maori and on the ways in which Incredible Years fidelity can be woven together with Te Ao Maori. Prior to her current role at the Werry Centre, Tania worked in Child and Adoelscent Mental Health as a Clinical Psychologist. She is also a busy mum of three teenagers.

Email: t.anstiss@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4205

Maggie Jakob-Hoff

Evaluator

Maggie Jakob-Hoff joined the Werry centre in October 2009. She has been doing evaluation and social research for many years as a consultant and has worked across a number of sectors, primarily health, education and social services. Maggie’s role is to support the Werry staff with their evaluation needs and to help to build evaluation capacity within the organisation.

Email: m.jakob-hoff@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4229

Julliet Bir

Assistant Research Fellow

Julliet completed her Master of Science (Psychology) Degree from the University of Auckland and worked as a Research Assistant on a prevention of depression study at the Department of Psychological Medicine, also at the University of Auckand. Following on from her project work at the department, in 2002, she started work as the part-time Administrator at the inception stage of the Werry Centre and now works as a Assistant Research Fellow in various projects at the Werry Centre.

Julliet is also the Project Leader of the bi-ennial Stocktake Project which involves collecting information on the child and adolescent mental health/AOD workforce from around NZ.

Email: j.bir@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4215

Karen Moke

Canterbury Mental Health Placement Advisor

Karen joins us as the Canterbury Mental Health Advisor with the Clinical Placement Project. She has worked as a mental health nurse in both New Zealand and overseas. Over recent years her focus has been working with young people and their families. Karen was working at Student Health & Support, Lincoln University prior to commencing with us. Previously she worked at Youth Specialty Service with the Canterbury District Health Board. Karen has a post graduate diploma in Health Sciences (Nursing) and is working towards a certificate in Clinical Teaching.

Email: k.moke@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 03 376 5630

Rachel Lawson

Project Leader- Eating Disorders

Rachel has joined the WerryCentre on secondment until December 2011 and will be working in a part time capacity. Rachel is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and Acting Clinical Head of the South Island Eating Disorders Service. She has worked treating consumers with Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder for the past ten years. She has co-authored two books on the treatment of eating disorders, as well as published research in this field. She teaches students, and speaks to local, national and international audiences about eating disorders.

Email: r.lawson@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 376 5634

Noleen Tuck

Project Support / Administrator

Noleen joined the Werry Centre in April 2010 as Project Support to Tania Wilson, Pauline Proud and Janice Beazley. Noleen’s role in project support/administration allows her to apply the skills she has learnt over the past 20 years in various administrative roles she has held. She is passionate about the Werry Centre and what they do in the CAMHS sector and so really enjoys her position with the Werry Centre as she feels that in some small way she does make a difference.

Email: n.tuck@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4298

Anita Winn-Robertson

Project Support / Administrator

Anita joined The Werry Centre in August 2011, and supports the Incredible Years and the Triple P programmes.

She joins the team from the Growing Up in New Zealand study, where she supported the research and management teams for several years, from the beginning of the antenatal phase. Anita completed her Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Degree at the University of Auckland and has previously worked in a wide variety of support roles.

Anita is passionate about children’s mental health and development of pro-social behaviour.

Email: a.winn-robertson@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4249

Jessica Thompson

Project Support / Administrator

Jess is from England, and came to NZ in July 2011. She had done some travelling before this but very quickly became settled in Auckland and hopes to stay living here for a long time! She has worked with various project teams: the first of those being the Individual Budgets Project Team, which is part of the Social Services department of her local Council in England, and aims to give service users more independence and control over how their care is provided.

Email: jessica.thompson@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4360

Lisa Maughan

Project Manager - Triple P

Lisa joins The Werry Centre as Project Manager for the Triple P project. Most recently she has been an international Triple P trainer. Lisa is very passionate about child and family wellbeing and is inspired to be part of a project disseminating Triple P in New Zealand and ultimately parents and children benefitting from this parenting support programme. Lisa is interested in people's wellbeing across the life span and has consequently worked as a clinical psychologist with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.

Email: l.maughan@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: 09 923 4250/021 909 300

Pauline Proud

Well Child/Tamariki Ora Pilot Project Manager

Pauline has provided project management for the Werry Centre across the three streams of Research, Teaching and Workforce Development, including the development of a Framework for Youth Health – Te Remu Tohu,

The International Conference on Infant, Toddler and Preschool Mental Health, and the Pilot and Evaluation of Training for Maternity and Well Child Service Providers to midwives and Well Child/Tamariki Ora nurses (Introducing a new approach to assessment, and planning with an increased focus on a strengths-based and partnership approach and early identification and intervention for psychosocial issues).

Email: p.proud@auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4260

Cherry Hsu

Website Coordinator

Cherry rejoined the Werry Centre in July 2010. She previously worked at the Werry Centre as a Learning Technologist in 2004 for a year. In 2005, she further developed and applied her IT skills and knowledge at the Goodfellow Unit, The University of Auckland. Five years later, she found herself back at the Werry Centre, this time her primary focus is on nurturing the Werry Centre website to ensure it is current and engaging.

Email: c.hsu@uniservices.auckland.ac.nz Phone: 09 923 4228

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