Membership Application Form (PDF, 58kb)  

12 great reasons to become an FCAV member:

Here at FCAV our mission is to  strengthen foster families and enhance the well-being of the children in their care.

As a foster carer, there are several ways that FCAV can assist you:

Support
* Provides you with an independent perspective on questions or concerns you have relating to foster care.
* Provide clarification about your rights and responsibilities as a foster carer.
* Attendance at meetings for support.
* Regional visits to carer groups to learn what issues are effecting carers in your area.
* Act as another support if you are experiencing difficulties with your  foster child.

Information Sharing
* Bring you up-to-date information about foster care through regular newsletters and e-News publications.
* Provide you with accurate and concise information through our Info Sheet series.
* Provide you with an informative and easy to navigate website.
* Offer training opportunities (some free) with leading practitioners in raising foster children.
* Provide summaries of staff and/or carer attendance at training, seminars and conferences to ensure the information learned is shared across our carer membership.

Advocacy:
* At the policy level, we represent your views and work to improve the foster care system through government consultation to influence policy development.
* Our participation in policy, sector and government working groups ensures the interests of carers are considered in all levels of policy and best practice.

Get help/have your say/create change/join voices

Your community service organisation or foster care agency undertakes your caregiver assessment, facilitates training and is the contact for and offers support to you in your caring role with children and/or young people.

Separate to this, the FCAV is the voice of foster carers and this voice, works to improve the system for the children and young people we are for.  FCAV responds to government consultations to influence policy development.  We also drive action on themes that we see emerging through carers calling the Carer Information and Support Service (CISS)# and as
the voice of foster care to represent your views in our responses to Government.

Become a member of FCAV, it's free, and add your views as foster care families to our work and assist in ensuring a better system for our young people.

Membership categories

1. Ordinary Member:
   The following categories of people are eligible to apply for Ordinary Membership:
   1. any person providing Home Based Care;
   2. former providers of Home Based Care;
   3. any person over the age of 21 years who is or has been in Home Based Care;
   4. any person with expertise required by the Board of Directors who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, holds values consistent with the purposes of the association. Employees of the association are not eligible for Ordinary Membership, but may apply for Associate Membership.
2. Associate Member:
   Any person (which, for the purposes of this clause 3, includes any organisation which has status as a legal entity separate from its members), including an employee of the association, is eligible to apply for admission as an Associate Member if, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, they hold values consistent with the purposes of the association. Associate Members have the rights and responsibilities of Ordinary Members other than voting rights. They do not have the right to be nominated for or hold office.

 Membership Application Form (PDF, 58kb)

Donations

The Foster Care Association of Victoria appreciate any gifts or donations and has been endorsed to access some charity tax concessions, however, does not hold deductible gift recipient (DGR) status.