Foster and Kinship Care

Our foster and kinship care programs provide safe and loving homes for children and young people in need, whilst providing full training and support to our community of carers.

Our Foster and Kinship Care Programs

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Foster Care
Foster Care

Our foster care program places children and young people – who are unable to live at home – in temporary foster care.

Foster Care staging
Foster Care staging

Our foster care program places children and young people – who are unable to live at home – in temporary foster care.

Targeted Care Packages (TCP)
Targeted Care Packages (TCP)

The Targeted Care Packages program supports children and young people to sustain their current placements, as well as with the establishment of new placements.

On-call foster care (Retainer)
On-call foster care (Retainer)

Children and young people often require short-term emergency accommodation at a moment’s notice. This can often be while a long-term placement is being planned or when other suitable home-based care…

Foster Care
Foster Care

Our foster care program places children and young people – who are unable to live at home – in temporary foster care.

Kinship Care
Kinship Care

Our kinship care services support children who are unable to live with their birth parents by placing them with a relative or people who they’ve had a significant relationship with.

Kinship Care First Supports
Kinship Care First Supports

This program provides a holistic view of the current and ongoing needs of children in kinship care, as well as that of the kinship carers themselves.

Lead Tenant Mentor
Lead Tenant Mentor

Lead Tenant provides semi-independent out-of-home care accommodation for young people and promotes independent living skills in a safe and supported environment.

Lead Tenant Mentor
Lead Tenant Mentor

Are you passionate about being a positive role model for young people? Find out how you can become a lead tenant mentor with OzChild.

The Circle Program
The Circle Program

This program takes a therapeutic approach to foster care, providing trauma-informed foster care through training and various parenting strategies.

Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO)
Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO)

Treatment Foster Care Oregon is a specialised foster care program that supports children and young people with complex behaviours.

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More children and young people will become increasingly vulnerable due to the COVID-19 crisis. We need new foster carers now to ensure we can give kids a chance. Could you care?

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