Creating home for a child you care about
Explore kinship care
Long-term, short-term or specialist, our kinship care program is designed to keep foster children within their extended family or community, whenever possible.
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Short-term care
You'll have a foster child for a few weeks to 6 months. These children are often reunited with their family afterward, or other long term options are arranged if that's in their best interest.
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Long-term care
If the child hasn't been able to return to their immediate family home as was hoped, you may transition into long-term kinship care, where the child will stay for more than 6 months and you'll be there to help them grow.
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Specialist kinship care
Also known as 'Intensive Kinship Care', we'll provide you with additional training and ongoing support to help you care for a child struggling with trauma and challenging behaviours.
Know a child needing kinship care?
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Become a kinship carer