This Foster Care Week (8-14 September), Fostering Connections, the state-wide foster care recruitment service, is calling on Victorians from all walks of life to play a part in their community by becoming foster carers.
Foster care is the temporary care of children and young people aged 0-18 by members of the community who become trained and accredited foster carers. The goal of foster care is to reunify children with their birth families, if and when it is safe to do so.
Long-term and short-term foster carers make a difference to thousands of children across Victoria every day – whether that’s over a weekend, a several month or years.
If you’re single, partnered, working full time or not working at all, if you have a spare bedroom and want to change a young person’s life, then you’re eligible to get started.
Whilst there can be hard parts, there are lots of rewarding parts too and seemingly small contributions can make a positive impact on a child in your care.
“At the end of the day, fostering is just a really great thing to do, and the kids are even greater. Even if you give them one good memory that they can pull out at a bad time in their life, then you’ve made a difference,” Andrea, a foster carer in Victoria, says.
Interested in becoming a foster carer?
To learn more about becoming a foster carer, call Fostering Connections on 1800 013 088 or visit its website.
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Fostering Connections acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.
