Team

Elise has been working at ACS since September 2021. Born and raised in Antwerp, she has found her home in multicultural Amsterdam. Elise is a curious tackler who likes to discover what drives people and what they want to achieve. Elise sparkles with a good dose of humour.

Jane is a nurse and has worked at the ACS since 2008. She works with great passion and commitment. Jane is a familiar face to many window sex workers. Jane works hard at making sure these sex workers are not just numbers or even a face, but a real person.

Jeroen has been with ACS since 2018. He is extremely happy to be working in a skilled team for such a powerful target group. He enthusiastically gets to work on your social work help requests. Jeroen’s slogan? Knowledge is power and everyone is equal!

Joost is our receptionist extraordinaire at ACS since its inception. He is an expert in being able to connect you to the right person. He is also invaluable during emergencies. Before ACS, Joost was the receptionist at a women and family shelter, as well as a residential counsellor at the homeless shelter.

Born in Colombia, Luz is a household name for Spanish-speaking sex workers in and around Amsterdam. Luz speaks not only Spanish, but also Dutch and English. She maintains her calm, which makes her approachable with sex workers.

Malky has been part of ACS’s social work team since November 2018. She feels a strong commitment to the residents of Amsterdam, where she was born and raised. Malky is a real adventurer. She makes it her aim to explore every option in providing the best support to you as a sex worker.

Matthew has worked as a social worker at ACS since 2023. He is a born and raised New Yorker who has lived in the Netherlands since 2009 and feels completely at home with people from all walks of life. Matthew is a go-getter activist with a calm demeanour and a strong sense of justice.

Mirjam has worked for Centre for Sexual Health since 2021 and for ACS since 2022. Mirjam doesn’t find anything or anyone strange and to her, it’s important to feel safe and seen. Mirjam fights for equality, equal treatment, autonomy and self-determination, and wants everyone to be able to express their own sexuality as a whole.

Peter has been working at ACS since 2019 and finds it the most enjoyable job he has had. He loves the team, the target group and the variety of work. You can contact him for all your social work questions. Peter works with you to see how to tackle the problem most conveniently.

Turkey-born Serhat has had many career paths: from psycho-biological research to tapping beer at a number of locations in Amsterdam. Serhat completed his nursing training with an internship at ACS in 2019 and is now leading an active social and professional life in Amsterdam. Serhat always enjoys discovering the person behind his client.

Stans joined ACS in 2022. During her studies, she became interested in nursing work in sexual health because of its taboo element. She is committed to destigmatising the sex work profession and puts everyone at ease during a consultation.

Born in Romania, Ion has lived and worked in Amsterdam since 2000. In 2014, he started working as an experience expert in the position of vipper. This means he can use his experience and language knowledge to give other sex workers information about ACS and can connect when there is a language barrier. Ion enjoys working at ACS as he enjoys helping others while keeping himself up to date.

Julia is our field educator. She was born in Romania and raised in Italy. Julia speaks Romanian, Italian and English. She has now lived in Amsterdam for 10 years and runs her own nail salon. She enjoys the versatile work as an educator at ACS.

Vania works at ACS as a Bulgarian vipper. She is always out with a social worker or nurse and connects ACS with Bulgarian sex workers in their home language. To Vania, this is an important advantage as it allows her to quickly connect to sex workers in Amsterdam from her home country.

Heleen werkt sinds 1997 met sekswerkers. Zij begon met hulp aan sekswerkers op de tippelzone en heeft lang gewerkt met slachtoffers van mensenhandel. Door haar lange werkervaring met sekswerkers is zij sinds 2013 vertrouwenspersoon. Zij is het eerste aanspreekpunt voor iedereen die iets (anoniem) wil melden over misstanden. Je kunt altijd bij haar terecht voor een gesprek.

Dennis joined ACS in 2017 as a sexual health nurse. Have you questions about sex, sexuality, STIs, PrEP, chemsex or fetishes? Nothing is too taboo for Dennis. His ability to connect and show empathy, his skills and his professional involvement with male sex workers makes him a natural confidential counsellor at ACS. He is the first point of contact for sex workers who need to report (anonymously) about abuse. He is always up for a good conversation.