foster care resources
Fostering our Future is Community Services quarterly newsletter for foster carers. It includes information on current news and initiatives, and provides foster carers with a way to share stories, achievements, activities and ideas.
Latest issue: Autumn 2012
partnership agreement between Community Services and carers
The Partnership agreement between Community Services and carers has been developed to outline how we work together every day to meet the needs of children and young people.
Caring for kids - a guide for foster, relative and kinship carers
Caring for kids contains information about a range of day-to-day issues you may encounter as a foster carer, as well as providing a reference point for other useful sources of information and assistance.
Raising them strong
Booklet – support for Aboriginal foster and kinship carers covering topics such as health, education, grief and loss, family contact and navigating ‘the system’.
Topic cards – support for Aboriginal foster and kinship carers covering health, education, family contact and support.
DVD - the 45-minute DVD, divided into three sections, provides ‘real life’ scenarios and carer stories. The DVD can be viewed by carers in their own home, in their own time. See: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
other resources
Foster carers: hearing your concerns - this brochure explains how to take action if you are not satisfied with our level of service to you as a foster carer.
Supporting carers of other people’s children (AFCA national foster carer handbook)
Leading the way - explains to carers how they can pass on typical life skills like cooking, money management or job searching to teens. It also has useful tips for putting things in place to manage the transition and how to manage emotional expectations.
Support for you
Support for you - support groups and organisations for carers