Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 8616666)

fostering is something I'd love to do when my kids are a little bit older.
Do they let you foster if you both work full time?

Originally Posted by korniotis (Post 8615688)

Hi Foster Carers are needed in and around Brisbane. Check out www.keyassets.com.au they are a non government foster care agency and have foster care services in Brisbane (QLD), WA and South Australia. They are part of an international organisation with offices in the UK too. In the UK they are called the Foster Care Associates www.thefca.co.uk. To become a foster carer in QLD you need to undergo some preparation training and an assessment and be approved by Child Safety Services. Key Assets Fostering provides ongoing support and training to its foster carers. Their email address is [email protected]

To be a foster carer in QLD you need to have permenant residence status.

Good luck and hope the information helps :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by darrellandsarah (Post 8613071)

in brisbane there scraming out for foster parents.a good friend of ours for govnt caring for kids.she is looking for people all the time.you get paid $400 per week per child.plus all school fees paid and clothes books etc.all medicare is sorted.if you want to know more i,ll get her email for you

Originally Posted by darrellandsarah (Post 8613071)

in brisbane there scraming out for foster parents.a good friend of ours for govnt caring for kids.she is looking for people all the time.you get paid $400 per week per child.plus all school fees paid and clothes books etc.all medicare is sorted.if you want to know more i,ll get her email for you

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8620870)

You mean the child gets the 400 a week. People foster because they are concerned over the well being of the child. It is not a paid "job" not here in the UK anyway.And rightly so!

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8620870)

You mean the child gets the 400 a week. People foster because they are concerned over the well being of the child. It is not a paid "job" not here in the UK anyway.And rightly so!

Originally Posted by mikewest (Post 8621678)

To the op. Do you foster at the moment or have you done in the past? You almost never get a child in foster care that doesn't have problems. They need a huge amount of work and can impact negatively on your own children. It takes huge commitment and I don't know what level of salary you would need to be paid to do it "professionally" or if that would actually be possible. You can only do it out of genuine caring for the individual child and any expenses reimbursed are a bonus and make things easier. I know nothing of the Australian process with fostering but have some recent experience of how the Irish system operates and constant the need for fosterers. Long term fostering is easier as you get to know the child but emergency fostering is real tough on everyone.

I really hope you can carry through your hopes and make a difference to some child. :thumbup:

Originally Posted by Mancinwales7 (Post 8621711)

Hiya, thanks for your input and in reply to your question - no we have never fostered before! We were going to adopt at first but felt like we wanted to help more than one child (as we already have 3 of our own kids we could possibly only adopt ONE due to the space we would have in the home)! I work as a support worker for kids with emotional/behavioural difficulties so I know how tough it can be looking after a child that has these issues (I was also a youth worker for over 10 yrs). We would be looking to long term foster so that we could get to know the child a little before they go away to be adopted (and i think that is important for our own children too). By the time we move to Oz and are able to foster, our kids will quite possibly be aged 10, 13 and 18 (hopefully the 18yr old will move out LOL)!!!

I know it will be tough on us all but this is something we have ALWAYS wanted to do - just to give a child a good grounding in life and help them to develop personally and socially would be a great acheivement for us and to show them that family life is fun and filled with love.........

Thanks once again for the input EVERYONE, it is much appreciated. :thumbsup
Kerrie :thumbsup::thumbsup: x

Originally Posted by mikewest (Post 8621678)

To the op. Do you foster at the moment or have you done in the past? You almost never get a child in foster care that doesn't have problems. They need a huge amount of work and can impact negatively on your own children.

Originally Posted by Mancinwales7 (Post 8618969)

I think they prefer you to be at home.........however that is in Britain so maybe it is different in Oz xx

Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 8622093)

Yes, some fostered children can have problems and it's worth being aware of this. It's the reason I want to wait until my own children are older.

Originally Posted by Mancinwales7 (Post 8613058)

Hi there all,

We are looking to move from Britain to Australia next year and jusy wondering if any one had any info on fostering over there? We will innitially find jobs for a while first but our ultimate goal is to foster. Any info on this would be fab, thanks :thumbup: