Foster care
- Fact sheets and brochures
- Forms and templates
- Guides and manuals
- Legislation
- News and events
- Publications and papers
- Websites
Fact sheets and brochures
- Blue cards for carers - blue card requirements for carers.
- Carer information sheets - used for the induction of foster and kinship carers.
- Foster carer card - things you need to know
- Prospective carer information sheets - for people interested in becoming a carer.
- Serious offences list
Forms and templates
- Application for approval - Form 3 APA
- Application for approval - Form 3 APA - Guide to completion
- Blue card forms
- Carer applicant health and well-being questionnaire
- Change in carer circumstances form
- Covering letter for change of circumstances form
- Covering letter for the information kit
- Expression of interest (becoming a foster or kinship carer)
- Form 1: Foster carer intake
- Form 2: Household safety study
- Form 3A: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Initial approval only
- Form 3B: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Renewal of approval only
- Foster Carer Agreement
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card business proposal application form
- General practitioner's report on carer applicant
- Invitation to information session
- Kinship carer assessment report
- Quality care: Foster carer training forms and templates
For more foster care forms and templates, refer to the Chapter 8. Regulation of care resources in the Child Safety Practice Manual.
Guides and manuals
- Foster carer screening and assessment practice paper
- Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records
- Quality care: foster care training
- Transition from care - Where to from here? A guide to community services for young people making the transition to living independently.
Legislation
- Child Protection Act 1999
- Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003
- Child protection legislation: an historical perspective
- Childrens Court Act 1992
- Family Services Act 1987
- Improving permanency for children in care (August 2006)
News and events
Publications and papers
- Carer handbook
- Charter of rights books:
- Kid's rights, for children aged 4 to 10 years
- My journey in care, for young people aged 10 to 18 years
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card business directory
- Info kit for children and young people in care
- Statement of Commitment between the Department of Child Safety, foster care services and the carers of Queensland
Websites
- Community foster care agencies - list of community agencies involved in foster care services in Queensland.
- 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.
- Foster Care Queensland - 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.
- Kidscount - Australian Childhood Foundation website providing parenting information about raising happy and confident children in a number of languages .
- PeakCare Queensland - peak organisation of non-government service providers in the child protection sector.
- Last updated
- 11 February 2009