Vicki Corner

Owner/Director

Vicki Corner is the founder of Equitas Care, opening the company in May 2008 with just four residents. She and her son Brodie, who suffered a brain injury at age three, identified an unmet need in their local community for younger people wanting to leave home and live independently from their families.

Vicki trained first as a Psychopaedic Nurse then retrained as Comprehensive Nurse. She has completed additional study in the areas of brain injury rehabilitation, clinical practice, and health law.

Vicki worked as a Registered Nurse at Templeton hospital where she acknowledged then that she had a passion and commitment to do the right thing by people with disabilities. This was followed by retraining to ensure she was able to move into positions where she was able to make a difference, firstly as a Clinical Manager for NZ Care participating in the deinstitutionalisation of Templeton hospital. She then moved on to the role of Clinical Coordinator for the Assessment Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit at Hillmorton. Subsequently she undertook the role of Community Services Manager for St John of God before starting Equitas Care.

Vicki’s standards and service delivery expectations of a quality service are all based on what she would expect for her own son.

Two years ago Vicki gave up the role as Managing Director but continues to own Equitas and have an active role as a Director and daily contact with the residents and staff.

Vicki has two children Brodie and Samantha who are both involved with Equitas.