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Dr Trevor Jordan

CEO FASS

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Trevor Jordan Phd, is an internationally recognised expert on ethics and adoption and served as President of the Management Committee for more than two decades. He was a peer reviewer and regular contributor to the Australian Journal of Adoption. On behalf of Jigsaw, he has provided written and oral submissions to the Senate Inquiry into past forced adoption, responses to the AFIS study in past service responses to adoption, and the AIFS scoping study into future post-adoption service provision, submissions to the review of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages legislation in Queensland, and the recent review of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, particularly with respect to accessing information on behalf of individuals searching for their family of origin, and a written submission to the Prime Minister's Interdepartmental Committee on Intercountry Adoption.

 

Trevor has also regularly presented keynotes and workshops at the Australian Adoption Conferences and the National Service Provider's annual meetings. He was a community member of the National Intercountry Adoption Advisory Group, attending meetings of the Australian Central Authorities Harmonisation Working Group and Post-Adoption Services Working Group.

 

As an adoptee, Trevor knows from experience the long-term effects of adoption. He is now semi-retired from his role as an academic and consultant in professional and public ethics.

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Caroline Slade

Team Leader

Forced Adoption Support Service

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Caroline is a proud Yuggera woman who has worked in the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Practice Leader for the South West Region of Child Safety for the past six years. She has worked for Child Safety for more than a decade, with a robust child protection background with experience in frontline and executive roles. She holds a number of undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications including a Bachelor of Social Work. Caroline has lived experience of adoption and a solid understanding of past and current adoption practices and the needs of those affected by them and her work in the child protection space has given her an advanced knowledge of trauma-informed practice, attachment theory and family support. 

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Rachel Bell

Post Adoption Practitioner

Forced Adoption Support Service

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Rachel qualified in social work in the UK in 2003 and has worked in substance use, mental health, child protection and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. She returned to Australia in 2015 and has worked in domestic, family and sexual violence, homelessness and the LGBTQI+ community. Rachel has been working with Jigsaw Queensland since 2018. 

Anna Crockett

Post Adoption Practitioner

Forced Adoption Support Service

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Anna brings a range of skills and experience to the Forced Adoption Support Services team gained from her roles in community services including asylum seeker support, homelessness and mental health. She holds a Master of Social Work Studies and began working with people affected by adoption in 2014 at Post Adoption Support Queensland (PASQ) during her first student placement.