Educational opportunities for foster, kinship and permanent carers such as: Online Q&A sessions New Member Inductions Webinars and podcasts on home-based care specific issues Therapeutic Group Sessions Creative Arts - Wellbeing sessions Partnering with Agencies and Aboriginal Community Controlled Or
The client incident management system (CIMS) is a process implemented across all department-funded organisations, including out-of-home care providers. CIMS focuses on the safety and wellbeing of clients (in our case children and young people in care) and outlines what needs to happen when an incide
The Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV) has developed the CARE Principle which is intended as a scaffold for conversation and reflective practice across the home-based care sector. It was borne from acknowledging the need for attention and priority to be given to the wellbeing and CARE of vol
The latest FCAV Carer Snapshot , collected for March of 2023 reflects a 26% drop in people going through the accreditation process to become foster carers, which led to 50 fewer new carers entering the sector this year compared to last. Compounded by the record number of exiting carer households, th
Disenfranchised Grief Webinar Originally recorded on Tuesday 13th May 2025 Deb Collard, Carer Advocate and Learning & Development Coordinator invites our guests Tonya Bavaro and Jake Iaria – Therapeutic Practitioners with the FCAV’s Carer Assistance Program to speak about Disenfranchised Grief. Many
CIMS Webinar Originally recorded on Thursday 27th June 2024. The Client Incident Management System (CIMS) is the investigation process/system for assessing quality of care complaints against carers that are made as a consequence of their caring responsibilities. Carers often raise concerns about key
The Foster Care Association of Victoria acknowledges the unceded sovereignty of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation on whose land we live and work. We acknowledge the continued connection to Country including lands cultural knowledges and their peoples and pay respect to Elders past and present. We are the united voice and advocate for all foster carers across Victoria and we aim to continually develop our knowledge and act with respect to First Nations sovereignty.
The Foster Care Association of Victoria (FCAV) is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission, with ABN 30747010099
