Information for Foster Carers

Fact Sheets

After Care Support Brochure
62326_after_care_brochure.pdf

Property damage and personal injury
Carer_Information_Sheet_-_September_2008_-_Final.pdf

Children have a right to Protection from Abuse
CP_Info_Sheet_Children_have_a_Right_to_Protection.pdf

Mobile Phones - Ownership and use by children and young people in out of home care
Mobile_phones_-_information_sheet.pdf

Responding to concerns and conflicts about the safety of children and young people who are placed in Out of Home Care 2008
Policy_-_Responding_to_concerns_and_complaints_Policy_-_Jan_2008.pdf

Rights of Carers
Rights_of_Carers.pdf

Rights of Children and Young People in Care
Rights_of_Children_and_YP_in_Care.pdf

Rights of Parents of Children in Care
Rights_of_Parents_of_children_in_Care.pdf

What is Formal Kinship Care
What_is_Kinship_Care_Info_Sheet_3_LH.pdf

Policies and Guidelines

Carer Code of Conduct
Carer_Code_of_Conduct.pdf

Medications Management Policy and Practice Guidelines
CFS_Medication_management_policy.pdf

Loss of Property and Injury to Carers and Third Parties
Combined_policy_and_procedures_for_staff_Mk2_-_June_2007.pdf

Contact with Children in Out of Home Care
Contact_with_children_in_OOHC_policy_v0_1_5.pdf

CAFS Practice Framework
FINAL_PracticeFramework_4.pdf

Practicing within the Framework
FINAL_PractisingWithinFramework_3.pdf

Guidelines on expenditure on children in care
Guidelines_expenditure_children_in_care_July_2009.pdf

Guidelines for Overnight Stays for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
Guidelines_for_Overnight_Stays_for_Children_and_Young_People_in_Out_of_Home_Care.pdf

Planning for Leaving Care and After Care Support
Planning_for_Leaving_Care_and_After_Care_Support.pdf

Transferring Guardianship to Carers Policy
Transfer_Guardianship_Policy.pdf

UN Convention and the Rights of the Child
UN_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child.pdf

Step by Step Carer Information Booklet
WW_Print_CarersInformation_Book_stepbystep.pdf

General Information

Newsletters

News for Tasmanian Carers of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care - Issue 5: Spring 2009
Final_Spring_2009_Carers_of_Children_in_OoHC_Newsletter_Issue_5.pdf

News for Tasmanian Carers of Children and Young People in Out of Home Care (Formerly News for Foster Carers) Issue 4
UPDATED_WINTER_2009_-_Carer_Newsletter_Issue_4.pdf

Tasmanian Foster Carer News - Issue 3 (Autumn 2009)
Tasmanian_Foster_Carers_News_-_3rd_edition_Autumn09.pdf

Tasmanian Foster Carer News - Issue 2
FosterCare_Newsletter_2nd_Issue_Version_v1z.pdf

Tasmanian Foster Carer Newsletter - Issue 2
Tasmanian_Foster_Carer_Newsletter_2nd_Issue.pdf

Tasmanian Foster Carer News - Issue 1
Tasmanian_Foster_Carer_Newsletter_1st_Issue.pdf