Foster and kinship care

• Information for children and young people in care
• Information for existing foster and kinship carers
• Information for potential foster and kinship carers
• Training
  • Foster carer training
    • Foreword
    • Procedures and guidelines
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Orientation
    • Learning outcomes
    • Pre-service training
    • Water safety for carers
    • Learning journal
    • Standard training
    • Caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
    • Advanced training
      • Attachment
      • Whose problem is this?
      • Foster Parent College
      • Independence and connections
      • I'm an individual...
      • Infectious diseases
      • Ready, set, fly! A parent's guide to teaching life skills
      • Loss and grief for children in care
      • Participation
      • Positive and Protective series
      • Reality fostering
      • Strategies for Managing Abuse Related Trauma (SMART)
      • Whose job is this?
    • Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
    • Acknowledgements
  • Rights and responsibilities
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
    • Child Placement Principle
  • Regulation of care
    • Responding to concerns about the quality of care received by a child in a care arrangement
    • Community Visitors and Child Advocates
  • Resources and publications
    • Information for existing carers
    • Information for prospective carers
    • Recruitment of foster carers
    • Children and Young People's Participation Strategy
  • Contacts
    • Community foster care agency contacts
      • Brisbane Region
      • Central Queensland Region
      • Far North Queensland Region
      • North Coast Region
      • North Queensland Region
      • South East Region
      • South West Region
    • Indigenous foster care agency contacts
    • Peak body and advocacy group contacts

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4. Resources and publications

Publications

• Kinship Care Program Description (PDF, 1 MB) Kinship Care Program Description (DOCX, 460 KB) - defines the kinship care program in Queensland
• Information for existing carers - used for the induction of foster and kinship carers.
• Information for prospective carers - for people interested in becoming a foster or kinship carer.
• Charter of rights books:
  • Kid's rights (PDF, 2.5 MB), for children aged 4 to 8 years
  • My journey in care (PDF, 1.7 MB), for young people aged 9 to 15 years.
• Statement of Commitment between the department and the foster and kinship carers of Queensland
• Children and Young People's Participation Strategy
• Duty of disclosure - a fact sheet for carers (PDF, 377 KB) Duty of disclosure - a fact sheet for carers (DOCX, 104 KB)
• Confidentiality and privacy information for private contractors and panel participants (PDF, 26 KB) Confidentiality and privacy information for private contractors and panel participants (DOCX, 17 KB)
• Foster care matching tool (PDF, 1 MB) Foster care matching tool (DOCX, 394 KB)
• National Disability Insurance Scheme:
• Factsheet 1 for foster and kinship carers - general NDIS information (PDF, 161 KB) Factsheet 1 for foster and kinship carers - general NDIS information (RTF, 13.9 MB)
• Factsheet 2 for foster and kinship carers - planning with the NDIS (PDF, 424 KB) Factsheet 2 for foster and kinship carers - planning with the NDIS (RTF, 75 KB)
• Factsheet 3 for foster and kinship carers - caring for a child with an NDIS plan (PDF, 405 KB) Factsheet 3 for foster and kinship carers - caring for a child with an NDIS plan (RTF, 77 KB)
• Factsheet 1 for young people in care - general NDIS information (PDF, 439 KB) Factsheet 1 for young people in care - general NDIS information (RTF, 111 KB)

Forms and templates

• Application for approval - Form 3 APA (PDF, 878 KB) Application for approval - Form 3 APA (DOCX, 579 KB)
• Application for approval - Form 3 APA - Guide to completion (PDF, 504 KB)
• Carer applicant health and well-being questionnaire (PDF, 231 KB)
• Change in carer circumstances form (PDF, 618 KB)
• Conclusion of Placement form (DOC)
• Covering letter for change of circumstances form (DOC, 22 KB)
• Covering letter for the information kit (DOC, 27 KB)
• Expression of interest (becoming a foster or kinship carer)
• Form 1: Foster carer intake (DOC, 598 KB)
• Form 2: Household safety study (DOCX, 63 KB)
• Form 3A: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Initial approval only (DOCX, 50 KB)
• Form 3A: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Initial approval only (PDF, 983 KB)
• Form 3B: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Renewal of approval only (DOCX, 72 KB)
• Form 3B: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Renewal of approval only (PDF, 967 KB)
• Foster Carer Agreement (DOCX, 37 KB)
• General practitioner's report on carer applicant (PDF, 621 KB)
• Invitation to information session (DOC, 29 KB)
• Invitation to initial interview (DOC, 23 KB)
• Kinship carer initial assessment report (DOCX, 850 KB)
• Kinship carer initial assessment report guidelines (PDF, 3.4 MB) 
• Kinship carer renewal assessment report (DOCX, 844 KB)
• Kinship carer renewal assessment report guidelines (PDF, 1 MB)
• New adult household member form (DOCX, 49 KB)
• Quality care: Foster carer training forms and templates

For more foster care information and resources, refer to the Provide and review care procedure in the Child Safety Practice Manual.

Blue Card Services forms

• Consent to discuss information
• Link an applicant/cardholder to this organisation for a carer or adult member (PDF, 161 KB)
• Volunteer foster/kinship carer or adult member blue/exemption card application (PDF, 191 KB)

Guides and manuals

• Standard Carer Assessment Tool (PDF, 885 KB) Standard Carer Assessment Tool (DOCX, 474 KB)
• Practice paper: Assessment of foster carer applicants (PDF, 83 KB)
• Quality care: foster care training
• Reporting missing children: Guidelines for approved carers and care services (PDF, 439 KB) Reporting missing children: Guidelines for approved carers and care services (RTF, 1.9 MB)
• When a child in care is missing: Protocol for joint agency response (PDF)

Legislation

• Child Protection Act 1999
• Child Protection Regulation 2011
• Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003
• Child protection legislation: an historical perspective
• Childrens Court Act 1992
• Family Services Act 1987

News and events

• Foster and Kinship Carer Week

Policies and procedures

Child related costs

• Child related costs (645) (PDF, 428 KB) Child related costs (645) (DOCX, 396 KB)
• Child related costs - carer support (procedure 645.5) (PDF, 400 KB) Child related costs - carer support (procedure 645.5) (DOCX, 392 KB)
• Child related costs - child and young person support (procedure 645.4) (PDF, 392 KB) Child related costs - child and young person support (procedure 645.4) (DOCX, 491 KB)
• Child related costs - education and child care support (procedure 645.2) (PDF, 414 KB) Child related costs - education and child care support (procedure 645.2) (DOCX, 397 KB)
• Child related costs - health and wellbeing (procedure 645.1) (PDF, 583 KB) Child related costs - health and wellbeing (procedure 645.1) (DOCX, 396 KB)
• Child related costs - in-home support funding (630) (PDF, 422 KB) Child related costs - in-home support funding (630) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Child related costs - in-home support funding (procedure 630) (PDF, 418 KB) Child related costs - in-home support funding (procedure 630) (DOCX, 400 KB)
• Child related costs - placement funding (628) (PDF, 419 KB) Child related costs - placement funding (628) (DOCX, 391 KB)
• Child related costs - placement funding (procedure 628) (PDF, 336 KB) Child related costs - placement funding (procedure 628) (DOCX, 390 KB)
• Child related costs - placement support funding (629) (PDF, 409 KB) Child related costs - placement support funding (629) (DOCX, 387 KB)
• Child related costs - placement support funding (procedure 629) (PDF, 396 KB) Child related costs - placement support funding (procedure 629) (DOCX, 388 KB)
• Child related costs - travel (procedure 645.3) (PDF, 562 KB) Child related costs - travel (procedure 645.3) (DOCX, 397 KB)

Children in care

• Early Childhood Education and Care participation minimum gap payment (640) (PDF, 307 KB) Early Childhood Education and Care participation minimum gap payment (640) (DOCX, 388 KB)
• Emergent accommodation (631) (PDF, 417 KB) Emergent accommodation (631) (DOCX, 391 KB)
• Emergent accommodation (procedure 631) (PDF, 396 KB) Emergent accommodation (procedure 631) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Managing access to My Health Records using the Children in Care portal (642) (PDF, 215 KB) Managing access to My Health Records using the Children in Care portal (642) (DOCX, 399 KB)
• Managing high risk behaviour (646) (PDF, 243 KB) Managing high risk behaviour (646) (DOCX, 66 KB)
• Participation of children and young people in decision making (369) (PDF, 308 KB) Participation of children and young people in decision making (369) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Permanency planning (594) (PDF, 342 KB) Permanency planning (594) (DOCX, 392 KB)
• Placement of children in care (578) (PDF, 461 KB) Placement of children in care (578) (DOCX, 395 KB)
• Positive behaviour support (604) (PDF, 195 KB) Positive behaviour support (604) (DOCX, 59 KB)
• Residential care (606) (PDF, 252 KB) Residential care (606) (DOCX, 393 KB)
• Responding to concerns about the standards of care (326) (PDF, 234 KB) Responding to concerns about the standards of care (326) (DOCX, 388 KB)
• Response to children who are sexually abused while in care (627) (PDF, 182 KB) Response to children who are sexually abused while in care (627) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Support for children in the care of long-term and permanent guardians (607) (PDF, 284 KB)
• Transition to adulthood (349) (PDF, 250 KB) Transition to adulthood (349) (DOCX, 392 KB)

Foster and kinship care

• Carer learning and support (457) (PDF, 408 KB) Carer learning and support (457) (DOCX, 386 KB)
• Carer participation (460) (PDF, 412 KB) Carer participation (460) (DOCX, 386 KB)
• Carer participation (procedure 460) (PDF, 316 KB) Carer participation (procedure 460) (DOCX, 386 KB)
• Complex Support Needs Allowance (612) (PDF, 377 KB) Complex Support Needs Allowance (612) (DOCX, 383 KB)
• Complex Support Needs Allowance (procedure 612) (PDF, 297 KB) Complex Support Needs Allowance (procedure 612) (DOCX, 404 KB)
• Dual payment of carer allowances (289) (PDF, 564 KB) Dual payment of carer allowances (289) (DOCX, 397 KB)
• Dual payment of carer allowances (procedure 289) (PDF, 401 KB) Dual payment of carer allowances (procedure 289) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and interstate foster payments (365) (PDF, 292 KB) Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and interstate foster payments (365) (DOCX, 390 KB)
• Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and inter-state foster payments (procedure 365) (PDF, 280 KB) Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and inter-state foster payments (procedure 365) (DOCX, 442 KB)
• Foster care matching: a partnership approach (639) (PDF, 442 KB) Foster care matching: a partnership approach (639) (DOCX, 401 KB) 
• Foster care training (383) (PDF, 416 KB) Foster care training (383) (DOCX, 386 KB)
• High support needs allowance (296) (PDF, 243 KB) High support needs allowance (296) (DOCX, 394 KB)
• High support needs allowance (procedure 296) (PDF, 294 KB) High support needs allowance (procedure 296) (DOCX, 414 KB)
• Immunisation of children in care (638) (PDF, 276 KB) Immunisation of children in care (638) (DOC, 424 KB)
• Kinship care (632) (PDF, 237 KB) Kinship care (632) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Placement of children with Child Safety employees (36) (PDF, 235 KB) Placement of children with Child Safety employees (36) (DOCX, 389 KB)
• Regional-remote loading for carers (379) (PDF, 556 KB) Regional-remote loading for carers (379) (DOCX, 394 KB)
• Regional-remote loading for carers (procedure 379) (PDF, 553 KB) Regional-remote loading for carers (procedure 379) (DOCX, 401 KB)

Websites

For foster or kinship carers

• Foster and kinship care - information on the Queensland Government website about foster care, becoming a foster or kinship carer, information for existing foster and kinship carers, and for young people in care.
• Foster and kinship care information pack - information for people interested in becoming a foster or kinship carer in Queensland.
• Carer Business Discount Card - learn more about the Carer Business Discount Card, which is issued to approved foster and kinship carers to help them save on goods and services at participating businesses.
• Community foster care agencies - list of community agencies involved in foster care services in Queensland.
• Queensland Foster and Kinship Care - peak body for foster carers in Queensland.
• Hands On Scotland - a Scottish government sponsored online resource for anyone working with children and young people.
• Indigenous foster care agencies - list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster care agencies in Queensland.
• Bringing up great kids - information providing parenting information about raising happy and confident children.
• PeakCare Queensland - peak organisation of non-government service providers in the child protection sector.

For young people in care or transitioning to independence

• Young people in care - information on the Queensland Government website for young people in or transitioning from care about family group meetings, case plans, education support plans, child health passports, leaving care, standards of care, and making a complaint.
• CREATE Foundation - connects and empowers children and young people in care and improves the care system through activities, programs, training and policy advice.
• Create your future - a guide for young people leaving care.