Company
 Who We Are
Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa Limited, or CASA, is one of New Zealand's largest private sector groupings of psychologists complimented by a growing number of other health professionals. The diverse background of our team allows us to bring a wide range of experience and expertise to our practice in mental health.
CASA currently employs 21 operational/clinical staff in Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin plus a small number of board, managment and administration staff . We contract a further 30+ psychologists, counsellors, Kaumatua and Kai Atawahi to provide services for the Specialist Counselling Service.
Our Values and Culture
In our work we value:
- commitment to the well being of those we work with - individuals, whanau, communities or organizations
- collaboration, partnering and relationship
- Aoteoroa/New Zealand and its people - tangata whenua and pakeha.
- best practise - that is innovative, pragmatic, responsive to need and to research, evidence-based, professional, and ethical
Our culture is one of openness, strong supportive relationships, team involvement in decision making and collegiality.
Underpinning all of these is the foundation value:
"working together for the well being of others".
Our Team
 We have great bunch of individuals but it is our teams that make us effective and successful. A successful team is one that has good communication, purpose, clearly defined goals and a plan to achieve them
Teams working together are an essential part of any organisation. A good team dynamic creates an environment where each team member feels valued and supported, and allows each individual the opportunity to share responsibility for team success. Understanding the power of collaboration, utilising the strengths of others and overcoming weaknesses strengthens the performance of the team.
Click on the links below to find out more about the members of each team:
Psychology and Technology
Our work is about helping organisations and their staff in the application of psychology for the purpose of assessing, preventing, relieving and treating of psychologically-based distress, dysfunction and mental illness, and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
 Much effort and resource goes into finding just the right person with the necessary level of experience, qualifications and ability to become part of our team delivering such services to our clients. We invest heavily in developing our people - training, conferences, resources, support, equipment, etc. So how does a client access the right clinical advisor or resource for assistance with a situation they face in a timely manner?
Communications and Information Technology (C&IT) is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and or disseminate information. We have created extensive and comprehensive C&IT systems to provide clients with access to experienced and highly trained clinicians and relevant information when needed, no matter the location of the client staff or CASA clinical advisor.
Our systems, which are located in TelstraClear's secure datacentre, include:
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decision support database applications and tools
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intranets providing CASA staff access to resources and library
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extranets providing clients private access to resources
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web sites providing information and resources to the public
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e-learning systems both for general and client-tailored access
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email systems
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VoIP phone system providing access to clinical advsiors nationwide
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mobile voice, email, data and fax so calls, emails and voice and fax messages reach a Clinical Advisor no mattter where they are in the country
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high availability servers ensuring the systems stay up and available
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security systems protecting and securing sensitve and confidential data
Governance
CASA is a privately owned limited liability company. It is governed by a board of five directors, one of whom is independent. These directors bring a wide range of skills, expertise and experience within and without the mental health sector including clinical, research, cultural, social services, information technology and business management.
 The board is committed to high standards of corporate governance, leadership, risk management and internal control frameworks consistent with CASA's status as a privately owned company and the stakeholders it represents. In support of this practice CASA has appointed independent external auditors Hudson Kasper, chartered accountants, as the auditors of record.
Key CASA advisors and service providers are:
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