Addictions Lead
Jenny has over 35 years working in mental health and addictions in both Australia and New Zealand. She has held senior management roles in Mental Health and Addiction, and worked with the New Zealand Ministry of Health in an Addiction Treatment advisory role, as well as leading mental health and addiction workforce development projects.
Jenny has extensive governance experience. In her current work, Jenny audits opioid substitution treatment specialist services, and also provides coaching, mentoring and supervision to people from a wide range of social service, mental health/addiction and government settings. Her base qualification is social work. Jenny’s special interest areas are addiction, workforce development, older people, rainbow communities, lived experience. Jenny identifies as a member of the 2SLGBTQI+ community and has lived experience of mental health.