Fostering Connections
22/01/2016
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Media Release
22 January 2016
Victorian foster care agencies unite to address shortage of foster carers
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Fostering Connections
An innovative, industry developed and sector-led solution to foster carer recruitment.
The goal of the project is to achieve better outcomes and impact through whole-sector collaboration, cooperation and data collection. This takes the form of a branded carer attraction campaign, website and enquiry line and centralised Carer Management System (CMS). In addition, Fostering Connections provides opportunities for agencies to share resources to make the carer recruitment experience more efficient and the recruitment process more accessible for enquirers.
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Foster Care Attraction Campaign
08/10/2015
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The Importance of Foster Care
Victorian foster carers play a vital role in giving vulnerable and at risk children safe and loving homes, helping to change their lives for the better. They are the cornerstone of the out of home system.
However, for the first time in the state’s history the number of foster carers has entered a steady decline and the demand for foster carers is continuing to grow. These trends are concerning.
Research Symposium 29 & 30 October
15/07/2015
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5th Annual Sector Research Symposium
Targeted Care Packages
22/05/2015
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DHHS have provided advice about a new initiative of the Victorian Government known as "Targeted Care Packages". Currently in Victoria around 500 children and young people who have been removed from the care of their parents due to abuse or neglect live in a form of care known as residential care. For some of these children, their needs would be better met in another form of care – such as foster or kinship care.
Ministerial Advisory Council
02/03/2015
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On Friday 27th February, Minister for Families and Children, Jenny Mikakos, chaired the first meeting of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Children in Out-of-Home Care.
Its first task is to recommend strategies on how to recruit more foster carers and retain those already supporting children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
Get Connected
If you are interested in working with us or becoming a carer, contact:
Madeleine Dowling, Manager of Fostering Connections.
Phone
1800 013 088
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