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FOSTER AND KINSHIP CARER HANDBOOK

FOSTER AND KINSHIP CARERS HANDBOOK

FKAT NEWSLETTER

Caring Matters - April 2020

Caring Matters - OCTOBER 2019

Caring Matters - June 2019

Tips and Ideas to Support Carers

Trauma Booklet

Helping Children to Regulate Their Emotions Fact Sheet

The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet

'fostering hope' foster carer training (worker resource)

connected parenting (australian childhood foundation)

mindful parenting (australian childhood foundation)

OTHER STATE ORGANISATIONS

Foster Care Association of the ACT

Foster Care Association of Victoria

Connecting Foster Carers – SA

FOstering NSW

Foster Care Association of WA

Foster Care Queensland

OTHER contacts

Becoming a foster carer

What do foster carers do ?

Caring for the child of a relative or friend

What is kinship care ?

Australian government allowances & benefits

Children young person's and their families Act 2013

other USEFUL resources

INTERNATIONAL FOSTER CARE ORGANISATION

CREATE

CARE LEAVERS AUSTRALIAN NETWORK

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE

the effect of trauma on the brain development of children

Trust based relational intervention in adopted children

boundaries - keeping yourself safe

FASD -Characteristics across the lifespan

KINSHIP CARE RESOURCES

Kinship Care (A summary of Australian Research)

Kinship Care - A review of Issues (September 2010)

FOSter Care Queensland: Kinship Care Program

KINSHIP Care: A Literature review

NEW PODCAST SERIES FOR CARERS BY KINSHIP CARERS VICTORIA

DOWNLOADABLE Reports & DOCUMENTS

Summary of findings from state wide meetings for foster an kinships carers (2015)

 Full Report from the 2015 Statewide Survey of Foster and Kinship Carers (2015)

 Summary of Recommendations from the 2015 Statewide Survey of Foster and Kinship Carers (2015)

This Literature review by the Queensland government examines national and international research on
kinship care with the purpose of informing policy, programming and practice.

 Report by the Children's Commissioner into Out of Home Care in Tasmania

 The new Statewide Framework & Guidelines around Child and Youth well-being, provided by Child and Safety Services

podcasts

The PACE Model - Dan Hughes