Below you can find a range of stories from staff members at the Laura Fergusson Brain Injury Trust – in these you can learn about the careers on offer as a part of our multidisciplinary team!
Staff Profiles
Physiotherapist – Lizzie
Support Worker – Meet the team!
Rehabilitation Coach – Patricia
Diversional Therapist – Kiesha
Occupational Therapist – Courtney
Speech-Language Therapist – Laura
Wheelchair and Seating – Leanne
Occupational Therapist – Lesley
Our values
Manaakitaka
We care; we work with empathy and compassion
Kauanuanutia
We are respectful; we value and appreciate the people and environment we work within
Kotahitaka
We are inclusive; we work as a team encouraging collaboration
Tika me te Pono
We do it right; we include knowledge, education and communication to support us in our work
We offer:
- A work environment that focuses on:
- Clients, their families and whānau
- Friendly and professional staff
- Teamwork
- An interdisciplinary team of clinicians who are experts in their field
- Strong leadership
- Continuous quality improvement
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Comprehensive induction and orientation programmes
- Professional development opportunities including in-service training, webinars, conferences, forums and seminars
- Competitive remuneration
- Work/life balance through flexible working arrangements
- A focus on wellbeing with a wellness programme that includes:Staff discounts including gym membership at corporate rates
- An Organisational Counselling Programme (OCP) (read more about OCP below)
- A commitment to the rainbow community -the Trust has taken the Pride Pledge
- Membership of the Safe Spaces Alliance
- A CareWise Certified employer (read more about CareWise below)
- Accredited as a breastfeeding friendly workplace through CanBreastFeed
Kia uru Kahikatea te tū!
Collaborative effort is essential to growth, survival and success!