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Jana H. Lombardo

Leeds

Summary

Social Work practice since 1992. Roles have included: birth mother counselor, domestic adoption social worker, and international adoption social worker. Supports, counsels and seeks resources for families in pre and post adoption crisis. TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) practitioner. Works with children from trauma backgrounds through adoption and post adoption. Works with families through adoption process until they travel to the international country, including fielding questions, following up with phone calls, and completing all applicable paperwork and communication necessary to prepare family to travel overseas; communicate with team members on the ground in the foreign country along with adoption authority officials; experience in counseling client or families on the nature of cross cultural adoption.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of International Programs

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2022 - Current
  • Manages International Program staff and overseas implementation of international program processes for Asia, Latin America, Eurasia, India and Haiti
  • Supervises program manager staff of international programs

International Team Leader

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Senior Program Director, International Adoption
  • Manages International Program staff and oversees implementation of internal program processes for Asia, Latin America, Eurasia, India, and Haiti

International Team Leader

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2005 - 01.2019
  • Eurasia Program Director-Developed international adoption programs in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, and North Macedonia

Assist adoptive families in home studies

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.1999 - 01.2005
  • Kept in contact once families return home for post Adoption Reports
  • Helped begin the Ukraine adoption program

Intern

Lifeline Children’s Services
06.1992 - 01.1999
  • Functioned in Domestic Adoptions
  • Assist adoptive families in home studies
  • Worked and counseled Birth Mothers
  • Visited foster care children and re-certified foster care families/mothers

Education

BA - Social Work

Auburn University
01.1992

Skills

  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Team Engagement
  • Rapid Learner
  • Evidence-Based Decision Making
  • Team supervision
  • Training facilitation
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Social Communication Skills
  • Effective Communication Abilities
  • Overseeing daily activities
  • Client Engagement

Certification

  • Bachelors Social Worker-Supervisor, Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, 01/2023, Present
  • TBRI Practitioner-Trust Based Relational Intervention, Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development- Texas Christian University, 01/2017, Present
  • Licensed Bachelor of Social Work, Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, 01/1992, Present

Telephone

cell, 2059602944

Timeline

Director of International Programs

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2022 - Current

International Team Leader

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2019 - 01.2022

International Team Leader

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.2005 - 01.2019

Assist adoptive families in home studies

Lifeline Children’s Services
01.1999 - 01.2005

Intern

Lifeline Children’s Services
06.1992 - 01.1999

BA - Social Work

Auburn University
Jana H. Lombardo