Ten service users who work in the mental health and addiction sector in the Midland region received intensive audit training by the DAA Group in the National Mental Health Sector Standards. The training is an NZQA accredited level 4 programme. The Audit Training programme provided the participants with skills that will allow them to aduit against all of the NMHSS across the DHB, NGO and Iwi provider sector.
We are very please to be able to promote the staff who attended and successfuly completed the 5 day training programme. There was a 100% pass rate and we would like to encourage you to utilise the participants in your local internal auditing teams.
Sucessful Participants:
* Lisa Hall, Pathways Trust, NEW PLYMOUTH
* Michael Henderson, Consumer, TAURANGA
* Belinda Walker, Healthcare NZ Ltd, ROTORUA
* Atareta Maika, Mana Mental Health Services, ROTORUA
* Charmaine Turei, Consumer, GISBORNE
* Adele Winikerei, Progress to Health, HAMILTON
* Kelly Ware, Waikato DHB, HAMILTON
* Gavin Pike, Mana Mental Health Services, ROTORUA
* Nicola Magarth, Mahia Mai A Whai Tara, TARANAKI
* Huka Williams, Unahiroa Hinengaro Trust, WHAKATANE
This page profiles the Midland Auditors who are available to participate on Internal Auditing Teams and External Auditing Teams.
Belinda Walker, Midland MH&A PRIMHD Technical Support Coordinator
I was privileged to receive sponsorship from Midland Regional Mental Health & Addictions Network in 2007 to attend health and disability auditing training level 4 provided by the DAA Group. I am now a member of my organisation's internal audit team and recently had the experience of being a lead auditor for them. I have been part of a number of different types of audits, including quality of life, and have also been a consumer auditor for the DAA Group.
Kelly Ware, Senior Consumer Relationships Advisor, Waikato District Health Board
I have been involved in He Tipuana Nga Kakano for a while now and have enjoyed the times we come together. After a few years in I feel like I am an active member of this group and feel privileged to have been sponsored by this group to be one of eleven Consumers trained in Auditing last year. It was an intensive training which I enjoyed immensely and look forward to using in practice. Auditing is a wonderful way of making sure that all services are performing at an appropriate level from which they can continue to progress. I enjoy the opportunity to see the innovation our services have to offer and help encourage others to be all they can be.
Lisa Rose Hall, Consumer Advisor, Pathways Trust, Taranaki
Apart from completing the DAA Quality Auditing Course in 2007, I have also completed the ‘Certificate of Competency for Internal Auditing' run by ‘New Zealand Organisation of Quality' in 2006. For the last three years I have been an Internal Auditor of my own organisation Pathways Health LTD, were I travel around New Zealand auditing our different regions. With all this experience I would now like to extend my expertise to External Auditing and am currently available for External Auditing Agencies to contact me to be apart of their teams. I am interested in Auditing NGO Mental Health Providers but also would be interested to be apart of Auditing DHB Mental Health Services.
Adele Winikerei, Waikato Consumer Advocate, Progress To Health
In 2007 I was one of the lucky few who received a scholarship to get my qualification as Auditor. I was interested in doing this training because it would give me a qualification that is both nationally and internationally recognised. I had had experience as a Consumer Auditor with Health Share and Telarc Sai, but had no formal qualification. Auditing is a job I enjoy - finding it rewarding to see the standard of services tangata whaiora are receiving. I see auditing as a way to improve services that don't meet a high standard, to constructively feedback to services on improvements required, for the betterment of generations to come!
Gavin Pike, Director, Mana Mental Health, Rotorua
Tribal Affiliations - Ngati Whakaue, Te Arawa
Gavin Pike: NZQA US 8086 Level 4 & RABQSA AU, TL & HC Trained in Auditing Health & Disability Governance & Management, National Advanced Facilatator, Adult Teacher, Maori Modules of Practice, Recovery Educator, Trained in Consumer Advocacy.
Gavin Pike is the Company Director of Mana Mental Health Services, which is a Consumer lead services in the Lakes DHB Region, with training and experience in Managing Services and has an auditing back ground of 5 years in a variety of Health and Disability, Mental Health & Addiction Services and Hauora Maori. He has also participated in a number of Contract Reviews and Certification, Accreditation, Surveillance and Compliance Audits. Gavin Pike is dedicated to supporting quality service provision for all service users which includes ensuring their individual rights are respected and met throughout the provision of those services. Role in Audit - Consumer Auditor. Cultural Auditor, Auditor
Charmaine Turei, Independant Consumer Consultant, Tairawhiti
I have my audit certificate level 4 through Health Audit Training Ltd and I have worked for Quality Health NZ (Telac) as a consumer auditor for three years. I also have extensive experience on Advisory Groups and Steering Groups, I have been working as a consumer advisor in many capacities since 2000.