Tag: Foster Care

Guidelines for considering Out-of-Home Care in your children’s and youth ministry programs. When designing and offering church programs for children and young people, there are some key considerations that will show support for Foster Carers and the children and young people in their care. This will not only be helping them to meet their obligations, …

What’s the hardest thing about Foster Care? There can be a range of concerns for people when considering becoming a Foster Carer.  Being a ‘public parent’ can be difficult and the department decision-making process can be frustrating. Handling behaviours you might not have encountered before, navigating impacts on your biological children, and engaging with birth …

Culture is a key consideration within the Out-of-Home Care space. Regardless of the reason why a child or young person enters the care systems, it involves loss. They experience a level of disconnection from their family and the world they’ve known. Culture is interrelated with family, identity, safety, and wellbeing. Disconnection from culture represents another …

Your health as a carer and care family is not solely dependent on how strong you or your family are. Community is an essential component of helping you thrive. We are wired for connection. In community is where we flourish. As you commit to providing Foster Care or Kinship Care, your community is being called …

Our theology and philosophy of Foster Care is grace-based for everyone involved in the story of a child in Foster Care. With so many stakeholders involved, what does being a team player look like in the world of Foster Care? Foster Carers are part of a team, working in partnership to provide what’s best for …