Team
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Our daily team exists of 6 dynamic co-workers, each responsible for and specialized in specific parts of the adoption mediation work, which is complex and therefore requires special care and competences from our staff:
- Ann Loos, Executive Director & Senior Psychological Consultant
- Bart Neys, Responsible Intercountry Programs
- Jana Rombauts, Psychological Consultant
- Neera Stellfeld, Adminstrative Clerk
- Katja Verbeek, Sworn Translator and Youth Worker Road to Roots Program
- Gigi Vandebrouck, Translator and Child Care Assistant
Our Team’s Tasks
- Verification of suitability of prospective adoptive parents by means of intake conversations and informative sessions
- File preparations and assistance
- Preparation for inter-country adoption through seminars and informative meetings with adoptive and prospective adoptive parents;
- Ensuring representation of FIAC-Horizon and its applicants in the various countries of origin and its authorities;
- Counselling of prospective adoptive parents during the entire adoption process, before and after a placement
- Providing post-adoptive care and counselling, Road to Roots program
- Cooperation with central authorities, youth welfare and adoption workers and experts in Flanders, Belgium and abroad.
