Kaiwhakahaere
Karen Turanga
RDH, NZDF Hyg 87, H&S Rep., Cert. AdultEd., Cert. MHFA
With over 30 years of Clinical experience and a passion for helping others I love the challenge of changing the culture of health, safety and wellness within organisations. By combining my knowledge and incorporating the expertise of our Senior Consultant Cheryl in health and safety, we are able to offer not only resources specific to clinical businesses, but also consultancy, education and wellness across a broad range of organisations.
Always looking to improve, I am currently working on a degree in population health at the University of Waikato, doing Health promotion in the community and presenting health and safety focused workshops, training and education.
2020 and the spread of Covid19 changed the world and how many of us see ourselves in it. It has created anxiety and uncertainty for many and that has affected how people cope, and the demand for mental health services. At PracticeSafe we have developed an online course to assist people with well-being and early intervention skills that will not only improve the workplace, but have a ripple effect across personal relationships as well.
Manager
Jo Eastwood
RN, DipCompNrs, BSocSc (Pysch), Golden Key International Honors award for Academic Excellence.
Jo’s philosophy is that everyone can meet their potential given the right support and encouragement. Starting her career as a Registered Nurse she worked for a number of hospitals and community organisations across Australia and NZ. Jo then went on to complete a degree in Psychology and achieved a Golden Key International Honours award for academic excellence. After completing her degree, she moved into management Working in roles within the health and disability field allowed Jo to fulfil her need to help others. When Jo isn’t working, she can be found on her lifestyle block spending time with her family and friends or travelling the world. We are very pleased to welcome Jo, who has joined us as the Manager for PracticeSafe, and we are excited to have her on board.
Management experience includes roles as Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator, Business Operations Manager and most recently General Manager.
Senior Consultant
Cheryl A. Hynson
BAppl IS, PG Dip IM, PG Dip BA(OSH), NZISM-Graduate, IOSH- Affiliate, Health, Safety, Environment, Quality & Audit Consultant.
Cheryl is our health and safety guru with ISO14001 Implementing & Auditing Environmental Management Systems, ISO2001:2008 Internal Management Systems Auditor Certified, ALU Cert. (Internal), 18001 Health and Safety Management Systems, Cert-Project Management NZIM, Cert-Dangerous Goods Handling and Cert-Drug & Alcohol Testing.
Cheryl also runs her own company Brehyn Ltd and we are incredibly lucky to have her on board at Practice Safe.
Focused on Health and Safety Quality Assurance, Compliance, and Governance across industries in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Assist Partners
Accredited MHFA Aotearoa Facilitators
Building safer workplaces by providing hauora focused, evidence-based research programmes
