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We are excited to launch our Future Foster Care? campaign!
Correspondence re: commonwealth advocacy for carers
The Foster Care Association received a letter from Minister Mikakos in July 2018 outlining some important advocacy the Department has been making on behalf of carers at a commonwealth level. Read the correspondence here...Read more...
FCAV Carer Support Service Annual Report 2017/18
This 2017 /2018 report analyses the Carer Information and Support Service (CISS) data collated throughout the past year, identifying the core issues arising for carers and others within the Home Based Care sector. Read more...
NAIDOC Week 2018 - Because of Her, We Can!
Support for Foster care missing from the State Budget
The budget handed down this morning has failed to improve the financial and bureaucratic conditions which are inhibiting the work and retention of our foster carers. The Foster Care Association of Victoria’s carer data, representing 4,300 foster carers in this state, is still showing a flood of good carers exiting because funding is slow to catch up with the true costs and supports needed to care. Read more...
Foster Care Budget Advocacy
Early in March 2018, The Foster Care Association wrote to Treasurer Tim Pallas, urging him to include funding for important reforms to support current and future foster care, in the upcoming state budget.Read more...
NEW POLICY FOR CARERS: Emergency physical restraint
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will soon be releasing a new policy for carers and workers on the use of emergency physical restraint on children and young people in Out of Home Care.Read more...
Reportable Conduct Scheme
The reportable conduct scheme commenced on 1 July 2017 and has been introduced to improve oversight of how organisations prevent and respond to allegations of child abuse. The scheme requires centralised reporting to the Commission for Children and Young People of allegations of child abuse made against workers or volunteers in relevant services with a high level of responsibility for children and young people, such as out of home care services.Read more...
Introduction to CIMS (Client Incident Management System)
WHAT IS CIMS?Read more...
2018 National Foster and Kinship Care Conference - QLD
Conference FeesRead more...
DHHS Info Sheet - Birth Certificates
The Department of Human Services have released an information sheet for your Child Protection case workers to follow when obtaining a birth certificate for children in out-of-home care. If you require a birth certificate this is the process to follow.Read more...
