Foster carer training
Our department is committed to providing pre-service and in-service training for foster carers to support the development of the skills and knowledge required to provide quality care to children and young people in out-of-home care.
'Quality care: Foster care training' is a competency based training package and consists of three levels: pre-service, standard and advanced.
The training package has been designed to enable flexible and timely delivery, including training in small groups, self paced learning and one to one delivery for all or parts of the training.
To ensure quality and consistency in delivery of training content and assessment of competencies, certain qualifications and experience are required (refer to the procedures and guidelines).
It is recognised that in rural and remote communities an officer of our department or experienced foster carer may assist in providing information and the training resources to a prospective foster carer.
However, assessment of competencies for pre-service and standard modules, as demonstrated through completion of worksheets, must always be completed by an officer of the department, staff of a licensed care service or a foster carer who has a Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment.
Zones, in partnership with licensed care services and foster carers, are required to undertake workforce planning to ensure this standard is met.
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Quality care: Foster care training
- Foreword
- Procedures and guidelines
- Frequently asked questions
- Orientation
- Learning outcomes
- Pre-service training
- Learning journal
- Standard training
- Advanced training
- Recognition of prior learning
- Acknowledgments
- Forms and templates
- Last updated
- 3 August 2007