NSW foster care and adoption agencies

Abcare is an incorporated not-for-profit, non-government, community based organisation located in Coffs Harbour NSW, providing general foster care placements and recruitment, assessment and training of foster carers.

Armajun aims to provide culturally appropriate Aboriginal health care services and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, well-being and good health with the support and participation of our communities.

Armajun A.H.S. offers comprehensive, holistic primary health care services to the Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield and Tingha communities.

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Services has two services for children and young persons living in out of home care situations. One of these services is located in Taree (BACS) and the other is located in Inverell (Walanbaa Gaayili).

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Service and Walanbaa Gaayili Out of Home Care Service provides Foster Care Support Services to foster and kinship/relative carers and is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meets the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care. BACS is focussed on providing foster care to Aboriginal children and young people and the preference is that they be placed in or on country with Aboriginal foster and kinship carers.

Burrun Dalai means "dream for children" in Dunghutti. We are an Aboriginal community controlled organisation providing support to Aboriginal children and young people, their birth families and foster families.

Burrun Dalai's vision is to maintain Aboriginal family values.

Ensuring this objective has traditionally involved the extended family members and community members in the care and development of children.

This is why it’s important that our carers or one carer in a family is of Aboriginal descent.

The Goodradigbee and Uniting partnership provides culturally supported foster care and kinship placements for Aboriginal children and young people between the age of 0-17 who are not able to live at home. These placements can be either short-term, long-term or on a respite basis, across Western and South Western Sydney.

Goodradigbee’s mission statement is: "Putting Families & Culture First". Together with Uniting, we work alongside foster carers, families, children and young people to help them secure a safe and nurturing home through restoration to their birth family, guardianship through their kinship or foster carers, or through long-term care placements.

We strive to ensure that every child or young person maintains their cultural connections. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for the children and young people they care for through regular engagement, training and support from Aboriginal caseworkers.

We encourage and consider all people to become carers including people who are single and couples (including LGBTI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

KARI is the largest Aboriginal foster care service provider in Australia.

KARI has developed a unique foster care model that delivers full case management of our children and young people in care. This means we can ensure that Aboriginal culture plays a significant role in the care of a child or young person.

KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child protection and Aboriginal community support programs.

We envision a future of flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities.

We provide Aboriginal children and families in Far West NSW with holistic and invidually tailored services to establish or develop a strong culturally appropriate safety-net by facilitating partnerships with Aboriginal agencies and specialists.

Our services support the needs of children and young people to maintain their connection to culture to grow up strong in spirit and identity.

Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation provides the Cultural Journeyz program that supports Aboriginal Children and Young People and their carers in foster care in the Hunter Region.

At Myimbarr Aboriginal OOHC we seek safe and caring foster homes for Aboriginal children, aged 0 to 18.

Our children need carers that are patient, nurturing and understanding. At Myimbarr, we offer our carers ongoing training and 24/7 support, so you don’t have to do it alone.

If you can open your home for respite, short term or restoration care please contact Myimbarr on (02) 4211 0601 or email oohciac@iac.org.au we’d love to chat with you.

Narang Bir-rong believes that Aboriginal/TSI children are best raised by their own families however, when they are unable to remain at home, they should maintain connections with their community and kin. Narang Bir-rong offers support to carers who have children or young persons in their care as a result of family kinship ties and monitors the care of these children. All potential carers are assessed regardless of their relationship to the child or young person as the need for support and supervision are always based on the findings of the assessment. Narang Bir-rong ensures that the child or young person's family or kinship group are involved in all aspects of work such as case planning, providing support, reviewing and monitoring case plans and planning for children or young people to exit care.

Narang Bir-rong ensures that only people best able to meet the individual needs of children and young people are recruited as authorised carers and that carers receive appropriate training and ongoing support for their roles. Narang Bir-rong also provides carers with opportunities to participate in decisions such as case planning and implementation and developing exit plans, and that carers have their rights upheld.

Ngunya Jarjum (meaning "all our children") Aboriginal Child and Family Network Inc. is a community based service, which is made up of dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are committed to improving services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families throughout the Far North Coast.

Ngurambang Out-of-Home Care provides support for Aboriginal children and young people living in care. Ngurambang meaning "special place/home" in Wiradjuri, the service aims to:

• Provide culturally appropriate support to Aboriginal children and young people in care
• Support carers
• Facilitate programs to give children and young people great life experiences
• Develop relationships with birth families and support families to stay together or restore the family unit.

Ngurambang Incorporated is an Aboriginal community managed organisation established to govern the Ngurambang Out-of-Home Care service. It is supported by a partnership with Uniting.

YIRIYIRIMBANG aims to strengthen a child and young person connection to family, community and country by established a sense of belonging for Aboriginal children in care.

They do this by:

• Aboriginal staff led Out Of Home Care service
• Focus on connections of child or young person so they don’t lose connection to culture
• Actively engaging in the children’s cultural planning and being proactive in life story work
• Promoting self-determination and family led decision making
• Build a register of Aboriginal potential Auntie’s and Uncles (foster carers) in our area
• Providing resources to Aboriginal children and families to support cultural knowledge
• Culturally safe restoration program acknowledging that safety and the best interest of the child is paramount.

The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) is the peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) across NSW.

The AH&MRC works with our membership in NSW to ensure accessibility to an adequately resourced and skilled workforce who provide high quality comprehensive primary health care services for Aboriginal communities.

The AH&MRC works in collaboration with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health partners to systematically address the social determinants of health and wellbeing.

The South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SMSAC) is the only fully accredited Aboriginal NGO within the Shoalhaven and Far South Coast providing permanency support services. Our support team provides carers with access to ongoing training, scheduled carer meetings, regular reviews, respite care, community activities, service referrals, 24 hour on-call service and other supports as needed.

Aboriginal Children and Young people in the Hunter are in need of quality care, love, affection, a place to call home.

Being able to let a child feel trust and love again is so rewarding. It’s a privilege to provide and teach that.

There are children out there that need a home, love and a family, can you help?

Winanga-Li recognises that all children and young people deserve a safe, respectful, caring and positive environment. Winanga-Li is dedicated to fostering healthy social development in children and young people and will include community members, carers and other professionals as an effective approach to assist in building a positive care environment.

To achieve this vision, Winanga-Li commits to strengthening and sustaining families to be a supportive and nurturing unit, with strong connections to the local community and other support networks.

Winanga-Li is committed to ensuring that children and young people are provided with a physical environment that is safe, comfortable and personalised and that the agency’s carers are supported in providing this environment through training and information sharing.

Winanga-Li will provide on-going monitoring and support the carer to ensure that the children and young person’s needs and rights are being fully met by their physical environment and that their physical environment can and does change as and when the children and young person’s need change.

Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services is a non-for-profit, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation and the only Aboriginal Medical Service on the Central Coast, Darkinjung Country. We service over 4000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People on Darkinjung Country, including our own facility at McPherson Road Mardi and clinics at Wyong and Umina Beach.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Allambi Care prides itself on providing a caring and professionally supported journey for all carers. From a dedicated carer recruitment team to ongoing specialist therapeutic training, we will enable you to effectively support a child or young person in your home.  As a carer with Allambi Care, your options include respite, emergency, restoration and long term care, as well as guardianship and adoption.

Allambi Care believes that foster care can be an amazing opportunity for not only children but the carers themselves and will be by your side the whole way. For any information contact one of their friendly staff today.

Our Foster Care team comprises of individuals who are committed to achieving the best quality of care for children and young people in the Fostering and Permanency program. Permanency is about finding a forever family for children and young people in our care. Sometimes, that family is birth and extended family, but where that is not possible, our team searches for the best possible match with Carers that will provide stability, love and care in the long term. Allambi’s Foster Care program has demonstrated a long history of success in identifying suitable, safe and nurturing homes for children and young people in our community.

There are many children and young people who are unable to live with their families. CatholicCare’s services for children and young people in out of home care (OOHC) provide essential support, care and stability for children and young people affected by family breakdown, to enable them to recover and thrive. CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay provides foster care through a network of experienced family carers, residential homes, access to therapy and counselling and in-home support to reduce the risk of family breakdown. Through the suite of services, and the dedication of specialist support teams and foster carers, CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay is changing the lives of children and young people for the better.

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Samaritans provide foster care in Newcastle, Mudgee, Taree and regional NSW. Foster carers provide a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people who are not able to live with their family.

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

Aboriginal Children and Young people in the Hunter are in need of quality care, love, affection, a place to call home.

Being able to let a child feel trust and love again is so rewarding. It’s a privilege to provide and teach that.

There are children out there that need a home, love and a family, can you help?

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Winanga-Li recognises that all children and young people deserve a safe, respectful, caring and positive environment. Winanga-Li is dedicated to fostering healthy social development in children and young people and will include community members, carers and other professionals as an effective approach to assist in building a positive care environment.

To achieve this vision, Winanga-Li commits to strengthening and sustaining families to be a supportive and nurturing unit, with strong connections to the local community and other support networks.

Winanga-Li is committed to ensuring that children and young people are provided with a physical environment that is safe, comfortable and personalised and that the agency’s carers are supported in providing this environment through training and information sharing.

Winanga-Li will provide on-going monitoring and support the carer to ensure that the children and young person’s needs and rights are being fully met by their physical environment and that their physical environment can and does change as and when the children and young person’s need change.

Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services is a non-for-profit, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation and the only Aboriginal Medical Service on the Central Coast, Darkinjung Country. We service over 4000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People on Darkinjung Country, including our own facility at McPherson Road Mardi and clinics at Wyong and Umina Beach.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Mallee Family Care NSW is a non-government agency that provides care to children in the Wentworth and Balranald Shire areas. Mallee Family Care is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meet the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care NSW and VIC.

Our goal is to keep local children local, so that they can maintain their identity and links to their biological family. We need a diverse range of carers to cater to the individual needs of the young people in our care. Foster carers are everyday members of the community who have a strong commitment to children and young people. They can be families, couples or singles, male or female. Foster carers can be with children for a long term, a short term, or as emergency or respite. We work with carers as a part of an overall care team, with the focus on the child.

We provide Aboriginal children and families in Far West NSW with holistic and invidually tailored services to establish or develop a strong culturally appropriate safety-net by facilitating partnerships with Aboriginal agencies and specialists.

Our services support the needs of children and young people to maintain their connection to culture to grow up strong in spirit and identity.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Allambi Care prides itself on providing a caring and professionally supported journey for all carers. From a dedicated carer recruitment team to ongoing specialist therapeutic training, we will enable you to effectively support a child or young person in your home.  As a carer with Allambi Care, your options include respite, emergency, restoration and long term care, as well as guardianship and adoption.

Allambi Care believes that foster care can be an amazing opportunity for not only children but the carers themselves and will be by your side the whole way. For any information contact one of their friendly staff today.

Our Foster Care team comprises of individuals who are committed to achieving the best quality of care for children and young people in the Fostering and Permanency program. Permanency is about finding a forever family for children and young people in our care. Sometimes, that family is birth and extended family, but where that is not possible, our team searches for the best possible match with Carers that will provide stability, love and care in the long term. Allambi’s Foster Care program has demonstrated a long history of success in identifying suitable, safe and nurturing homes for children and young people in our community.

Every child deserves a loving, caring home and CatholicCare Hunter-Manning needs carers who can help ensure that children in the Hunter get just that. The program provides care for children and young people aged 0 to 18 years of age.

Carers are supported to provide optimal care for children.  CatholicCare Hunter-Manning cares about their carers, value their opinions, encourage their learning and respect their need for support. CatholicCare’s emphasis on a family-based approach sets them apart. Ongoing training provided to carers is specifically targeted according to their needs and is CatholicCare’s significant point of difference.  Carers receive an allowance, a dedicated care team, access to 24/7 emergency support and social activities.

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation provides the Cultural Journeyz program that supports Aboriginal Children and Young People and their carers in foster care in the Hunter Region.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Samaritans provide foster care in Newcastle, Mudgee, Taree and regional NSW. Foster carers provide a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people who are not able to live with their family.

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

Aboriginal Children and Young people in the Hunter are in need of quality care, love, affection, a place to call home.

Being able to let a child feel trust and love again is so rewarding. It’s a privilege to provide and teach that.

There are children out there that need a home, love and a family, can you help?

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Winanga-Li recognises that all children and young people deserve a safe, respectful, caring and positive environment. Winanga-Li is dedicated to fostering healthy social development in children and young people and will include community members, carers and other professionals as an effective approach to assist in building a positive care environment.

To achieve this vision, Winanga-Li commits to strengthening and sustaining families to be a supportive and nurturing unit, with strong connections to the local community and other support networks.

Winanga-Li is committed to ensuring that children and young people are provided with a physical environment that is safe, comfortable and personalised and that the agency’s carers are supported in providing this environment through training and information sharing.

Winanga-Li will provide on-going monitoring and support the carer to ensure that the children and young person’s needs and rights are being fully met by their physical environment and that their physical environment can and does change as and when the children and young person’s need change.

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with their families or transition to a permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care  is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care. 

For over 40 years, we’ve existed to improve the wellbeing for all people in our community. We offer a diverse range of services and programs, we operate within the key areas of Families, Aged Care, Disability and Community.

We believe that by helping one person, we help everyone. And although needs might change, and the road ahead might twist and turn, we’re always here, if you ever need. At Fostering Futures, our Permanency Support Program we're committed to children's wellbeing and their right to have stable, caring families and positive childhoods. Helping these children thrive and reach their full potential is our priority.

A range of placement types are available including respite and emergency care. We welcome foster carers who are single, married, de-facto or divorced, from all backgrounds and cultures. Demand for foster carers is incredibly high in our region and we are seeking more foster carers to provide love, stability and support to help local children thrive and reach their full potential. To learn more about becoming a foster carer please contact us and we will support you every step of the way.

Contact Us

0418 783 956

fosteringfutures@catholiccare.dow.org.au

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

At MacKillop, we believe every child deserves the best. And the best place for children is in a supportive and nurturing family so they can heal from past trauma and develop to their potential.

Our vision is for all children, young people and families to be safe, thriving and connected to culture and community.

We work across New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Our programs include foster, kinship and residential care; disability services; youth and homelessness support, alternative education schools and outreach; and early intervention support for families. All of our services are child-focused, family-centred, and built on a foundation of cultural safety.

At Myimbarr Aboriginal OOHC we seek safe and caring foster homes for Aboriginal children, aged 0 to 18.

Our children need carers that are patient, nurturing and understanding. At Myimbarr, we offer our carers ongoing training and 24/7 support, so you don’t have to do it alone.

If you can open your home for respite, short term or restoration care please contact Myimbarr on (02) 4211 0601 or email oohciac@iac.org.au we’d love to chat with you.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

The South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SMSAC) is the only fully accredited Aboriginal NGO within the Shoalhaven and Far South Coast providing permanency support services. Our support team provides carers with access to ongoing training, scheduled carer meetings, regular reviews, respite care, community activities, service referrals, 24 hour on-call service and other supports as needed.

St Saviours supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with the families or transition to permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care.

We are a Christian not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference and being the difference. We were built on an unwavering promise to provide loving, all-heart families and safe homes to those we support.

Located on the South Coast of NSW, William Campbell Foundation provides care and support to vulnerable children, young people, individuals and families. We provide support in many different ways through our programs:

• Permanency Support Program (restoration, guardianship, open adoption, foster care)
• Family Support Services (education support, mentoring, supervised contact and transport)
• Clinical Services (Therapeutic Clinical Support to carers, children, young people and families).

Our Founder, Bill Campbell was a child in care himself, separated from his sisters and placed into many foster homes and institutions. From his experiences as a child, Bill saw a need for a dedicated organisation to provide services, care and support to vulnerable children, young people, individuals and families.

Abcare is an incorporated not-for-profit, non-government, community based organisation located in Coffs Harbour NSW, providing general foster care placements and recruitment, assessment and training of foster carers.

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Services has two services for children and young persons living in out of home care situations. One of these services is located in Taree (BACS) and the other is located in Inverell (Walanbaa Gaayili).

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Service and Walanbaa Gaayili Out of Home Care Service provides Foster Care Support Services to foster and kinship/relative carers and is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meets the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care. BACS is focussed on providing foster care to Aboriginal children and young people and the preference is that they be placed in or on country with Aboriginal foster and kinship carers.

Burrun Dalai means "dream for children" in Dunghutti. We are an Aboriginal community controlled organisation providing support to Aboriginal children and young people, their birth families and foster families.

Burrun Dalai's vision is to maintain Aboriginal family values.

Ensuring this objective has traditionally involved the extended family members and community members in the care and development of children.

This is why it’s important that our carers or one carer in a family is of Aboriginal descent.

CASPA believes that when we provide holistic support, we foster healing, safety and protection. This leads to stronger families and more resilient communities, and results in sustainable change for the future. 

CASPA is a leader in providing compassionate, innovative and trusted services to children, young people, families and people with disabilities. We actively listen to the people we support, because their best interests are at the heart of everything we do. 

We are proud to welcome foster carers from all walks of life, regardless of age, background, relationship status, gender identity or sexual orientation. CASPA is committed to supporting our carers by:

• Providing free and ongoing trauma-informed training
• Partnering you with a dedicated caseworker and care team
• Facilitating meaningful relationships with other carers
• Providing flexible care options to suit your lifestyle

Everyone deserves to be a part of a loving village and have the opportunity to thrive.

Learn more about CASPA | Join the village

Every child deserves a loving, caring home and CatholicCare Hunter-Manning needs carers who can help ensure that children in the Hunter get just that. The program provides care for children and young people aged 0 to 18 years of age.

Carers are supported to provide optimal care for children.  CatholicCare Hunter-Manning cares about their carers, value their opinions, encourage their learning and respect their need for support. CatholicCare’s emphasis on a family-based approach sets them apart. Ongoing training provided to carers is specifically targeted according to their needs and is CatholicCare’s significant point of difference.  Carers receive an allowance, a dedicated care team, access to 24/7 emergency support and social activities.

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Ngunya Jarjum (meaning "all our children") Aboriginal Child and Family Network Inc. is a community based service, which is made up of dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are committed to improving services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families throughout the Far North Coast.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

Pathways have an established out-of-home care program in Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes, Tamworth and surrounding areas as group homes, intensive and generalist foster care.

Pathfinders Pathways Foster Care program are seeking caring, committed people to become foster carers for our organisation in the New England area. We are seeking people for long term, temporary and respite care for children and young people aged 0-18 in the care of the Minister of Community Services.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with their families or transition to a permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care  is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care. 

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Mallee Family Care NSW is a non-government agency that provides care to children in the Wentworth and Balranald Shire areas. Mallee Family Care is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meet the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care NSW and VIC.

Our goal is to keep local children local, so that they can maintain their identity and links to their biological family. We need a diverse range of carers to cater to the individual needs of the young people in our care. Foster carers are everyday members of the community who have a strong commitment to children and young people. They can be families, couples or singles, male or female. Foster carers can be with children for a long term, a short term, or as emergency or respite. We work with carers as a part of an overall care team, with the focus on the child.

Marymead, a well-respected, not-for-profit organisation servicing the ACT and southern and western regional areas of NSW, has been delivering a range of high quality, family support services to children, young people and their families since 1967.

Marymead’s Permanency Program includes foster care, restoration support, adoption and guardianship - all with the common goal of creating permanency for the child or young person. We need a diverse range of carers to cater to the individual needs of the children and young people in our care. Foster carers are everyday members of the community who have a strong commitment to children and young people. They can be families, couples or singles.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) is the peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) across NSW.

The AH&MRC works with our membership in NSW to ensure accessibility to an adequately resourced and skilled workforce who provide high quality comprehensive primary health care services for Aboriginal communities.

The AH&MRC works in collaboration with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health partners to systematically address the social determinants of health and wellbeing.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

The Goodradigbee and Uniting partnership provides culturally supported foster care and kinship placements for Aboriginal children and young people between the age of 0-17 who are not able to live at home. These placements can be either short-term, long-term or on a respite basis, across Western and South Western Sydney.

Goodradigbee’s mission statement is: "Putting Families & Culture First". Together with Uniting, we work alongside foster carers, families, children and young people to help them secure a safe and nurturing home through restoration to their birth family, guardianship through their kinship or foster carers, or through long-term care placements.

We strive to ensure that every child or young person maintains their cultural connections. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for the children and young people they care for through regular engagement, training and support from Aboriginal caseworkers.

We encourage and consider all people to become carers including people who are single and couples (including LGBTI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

KARI is the largest Aboriginal foster care service provider in Australia.

KARI has developed a unique foster care model that delivers full case management of our children and young people in care. This means we can ensure that Aboriginal culture plays a significant role in the care of a child or young person.

KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child protection and Aboriginal community support programs.

We envision a future of flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Narang Bir-rong believes that Aboriginal/TSI children are best raised by their own families however, when they are unable to remain at home, they should maintain connections with their community and kin. Narang Bir-rong offers support to carers who have children or young persons in their care as a result of family kinship ties and monitors the care of these children. All potential carers are assessed regardless of their relationship to the child or young person as the need for support and supervision are always based on the findings of the assessment. Narang Bir-rong ensures that the child or young person's family or kinship group are involved in all aspects of work such as case planning, providing support, reviewing and monitoring case plans and planning for children or young people to exit care.

Narang Bir-rong ensures that only people best able to meet the individual needs of children and young people are recruited as authorised carers and that carers receive appropriate training and ongoing support for their roles. Narang Bir-rong also provides carers with opportunities to participate in decisions such as case planning and implementation and developing exit plans, and that carers have their rights upheld.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

St Saviours supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with the families or transition to permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care.

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Abcare is an incorporated not-for-profit, non-government, community based organisation located in Coffs Harbour NSW, providing general foster care placements and recruitment, assessment and training of foster carers.

Armajun aims to provide culturally appropriate Aboriginal health care services and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, well-being and good health with the support and participation of our communities.

Armajun A.H.S. offers comprehensive, holistic primary health care services to the Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield and Tingha communities.

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Services has two services for children and young persons living in out of home care situations. One of these services is located in Taree (BACS) and the other is located in Inverell (Walanbaa Gaayili).

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Service and Walanbaa Gaayili Out of Home Care Service provides Foster Care Support Services to foster and kinship/relative carers and is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meets the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care. BACS is focussed on providing foster care to Aboriginal children and young people and the preference is that they be placed in or on country with Aboriginal foster and kinship carers.

Burrun Dalai means "dream for children" in Dunghutti. We are an Aboriginal community controlled organisation providing support to Aboriginal children and young people, their birth families and foster families.

Burrun Dalai's vision is to maintain Aboriginal family values.

Ensuring this objective has traditionally involved the extended family members and community members in the care and development of children.

This is why it’s important that our carers or one carer in a family is of Aboriginal descent.

CASPA believes that when we provide holistic support, we foster healing, safety and protection. This leads to stronger families and more resilient communities, and results in sustainable change for the future. 

CASPA is a leader in providing compassionate, innovative and trusted services to children, young people, families and people with disabilities. We actively listen to the people we support, because their best interests are at the heart of everything we do. 

We are proud to welcome foster carers from all walks of life, regardless of age, background, relationship status, gender identity or sexual orientation. CASPA is committed to supporting our carers by:

• Providing free and ongoing trauma-informed training
• Partnering you with a dedicated caseworker and care team
• Facilitating meaningful relationships with other carers
• Providing flexible care options to suit your lifestyle

Everyone deserves to be a part of a loving village and have the opportunity to thrive.

Learn more about CASPA | Join the village

Every child deserves a loving, caring home and CatholicCare Hunter-Manning needs carers who can help ensure that children in the Hunter get just that. The program provides care for children and young people aged 0 to 18 years of age.

Carers are supported to provide optimal care for children.  CatholicCare Hunter-Manning cares about their carers, value their opinions, encourage their learning and respect their need for support. CatholicCare’s emphasis on a family-based approach sets them apart. Ongoing training provided to carers is specifically targeted according to their needs and is CatholicCare’s significant point of difference.  Carers receive an allowance, a dedicated care team, access to 24/7 emergency support and social activities.

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Ngunya Jarjum (meaning "all our children") Aboriginal Child and Family Network Inc. is a community based service, which is made up of dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are committed to improving services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families throughout the Far North Coast.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

Pathways have an established out-of-home care program in Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes, Tamworth and surrounding areas as group homes, intensive and generalist foster care.

Pathfinders Pathways Foster Care program are seeking caring, committed people to become foster carers for our organisation in the New England area. We are seeking people for long term, temporary and respite care for children and young people aged 0-18 in the care of the Minister of Community Services.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Winanga-Li recognises that all children and young people deserve a safe, respectful, caring and positive environment. Winanga-Li is dedicated to fostering healthy social development in children and young people and will include community members, carers and other professionals as an effective approach to assist in building a positive care environment.

To achieve this vision, Winanga-Li commits to strengthening and sustaining families to be a supportive and nurturing unit, with strong connections to the local community and other support networks.

Winanga-Li is committed to ensuring that children and young people are provided with a physical environment that is safe, comfortable and personalised and that the agency’s carers are supported in providing this environment through training and information sharing.

Winanga-Li will provide on-going monitoring and support the carer to ensure that the children and young person’s needs and rights are being fully met by their physical environment and that their physical environment can and does change as and when the children and young person’s need change.

Abcare is an incorporated not-for-profit, non-government, community based organisation located in Coffs Harbour NSW, providing general foster care placements and recruitment, assessment and training of foster carers.

Allambi Care prides itself on providing a caring and professionally supported journey for all carers. From a dedicated carer recruitment team to ongoing specialist therapeutic training, we will enable you to effectively support a child or young person in your home.  As a carer with Allambi Care, your options include respite, emergency, restoration and long term care, as well as guardianship and adoption.

Allambi Care believes that foster care can be an amazing opportunity for not only children but the carers themselves and will be by your side the whole way. For any information contact one of their friendly staff today.

Our Foster Care team comprises of individuals who are committed to achieving the best quality of care for children and young people in the Fostering and Permanency program. Permanency is about finding a forever family for children and young people in our care. Sometimes, that family is birth and extended family, but where that is not possible, our team searches for the best possible match with Carers that will provide stability, love and care in the long term. Allambi’s Foster Care program has demonstrated a long history of success in identifying suitable, safe and nurturing homes for children and young people in our community.

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Services has two services for children and young persons living in out of home care situations. One of these services is located in Taree (BACS) and the other is located in Inverell (Walanbaa Gaayili).

Biripi Aboriginal Children’s Service and Walanbaa Gaayili Out of Home Care Service provides Foster Care Support Services to foster and kinship/relative carers and is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation that provides a high quality fostering service that meets the range of needs of children and young people in out-of-home care. BACS is focussed on providing foster care to Aboriginal children and young people and the preference is that they be placed in or on country with Aboriginal foster and kinship carers.

Burrun Dalai means "dream for children" in Dunghutti. We are an Aboriginal community controlled organisation providing support to Aboriginal children and young people, their birth families and foster families.

Burrun Dalai's vision is to maintain Aboriginal family values.

Ensuring this objective has traditionally involved the extended family members and community members in the care and development of children.

This is why it’s important that our carers or one carer in a family is of Aboriginal descent.

CASPA believes that when we provide holistic support, we foster healing, safety and protection. This leads to stronger families and more resilient communities, and results in sustainable change for the future. 

CASPA is a leader in providing compassionate, innovative and trusted services to children, young people, families and people with disabilities. We actively listen to the people we support, because their best interests are at the heart of everything we do. 

We are proud to welcome foster carers from all walks of life, regardless of age, background, relationship status, gender identity or sexual orientation. CASPA is committed to supporting our carers by:

• Providing free and ongoing trauma-informed training
• Partnering you with a dedicated caseworker and care team
• Facilitating meaningful relationships with other carers
• Providing flexible care options to suit your lifestyle

Everyone deserves to be a part of a loving village and have the opportunity to thrive.

Learn more about CASPA | Join the village

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

At MacKillop, we believe every child deserves the best. And the best place for children is in a supportive and nurturing family so they can heal from past trauma and develop to their potential.

Our vision is for all children, young people and families to be safe, thriving and connected to culture and community.

We work across New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Our programs include foster, kinship and residential care; disability services; youth and homelessness support, alternative education schools and outreach; and early intervention support for families. All of our services are child-focused, family-centred, and built on a foundation of cultural safety.

Ngunya Jarjum (meaning "all our children") Aboriginal Child and Family Network Inc. is a community based service, which is made up of dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are committed to improving services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families throughout the Far North Coast.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

Pathways have an established out-of-home care program in Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes, Tamworth and surrounding areas as group homes, intensive and generalist foster care.

Pathfinders Pathways Foster Care program are seeking caring, committed people to become foster carers for our organisation in the New England area. We are seeking people for long term, temporary and respite care for children and young people aged 0-18 in the care of the Minister of Community Services.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with their families or transition to a permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care  is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care. 

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

At MacKillop, we believe every child deserves the best. And the best place for children is in a supportive and nurturing family so they can heal from past trauma and develop to their potential.

Our vision is for all children, young people and families to be safe, thriving and connected to culture and community.

We work across New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Our programs include foster, kinship and residential care; disability services; youth and homelessness support, alternative education schools and outreach; and early intervention support for families. All of our services are child-focused, family-centred, and built on a foundation of cultural safety.

Marymead, a well-respected, not-for-profit organisation servicing the ACT and southern and western regional areas of NSW, has been delivering a range of high quality, family support services to children, young people and their families since 1967.

Marymead’s Permanency Program includes foster care, restoration support, adoption and guardianship - all with the common goal of creating permanency for the child or young person. We need a diverse range of carers to cater to the individual needs of the children and young people in our care. Foster carers are everyday members of the community who have a strong commitment to children and young people. They can be families, couples or singles.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

The South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SMSAC) is the only fully accredited Aboriginal NGO within the Shoalhaven and Far South Coast providing permanency support services. Our support team provides carers with access to ongoing training, scheduled carer meetings, regular reviews, respite care, community activities, service referrals, 24 hour on-call service and other supports as needed.

St Saviours supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with the families or transition to permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

We are a community based, not for profit organisation in the Northern Sydney area that offers a range of support and accommodation services to young people aged between the ages of 12 and 24 years, and their families.

Case managers provide intensive support to community carers, young people and their families. An on-call service for young people and carers is available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Our aim is to prevent young people from becoming homeless by developing healthy relationships, stable accommodation and establishing goals to secure education or career pathways.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

Family Spirit is a new entity formed from the partnership between Marist180 and CatholicCare Sydney delivering services to support the care of children into permanent arrangements. We believe that by working together, we can foster better outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families. We have offices in Bankstown, Lewisham and Blacktown to allow us to reach out across South Western Sydney to the Blue Mountains. We are an accredited Adoption Agency.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

We are a community based, not for profit organisation in the Northern Sydney area that offers a range of support and accommodation services to young people aged between the ages of 12 and 24 years, and their families.

Case managers provide intensive support to community carers, young people and their families. An on-call service for young people and carers is available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Our aim is to prevent young people from becoming homeless by developing healthy relationships, stable accommodation and establishing goals to secure education or career pathways.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

For over 40 years, we’ve existed to improve the wellbeing for all people in our community. We offer a diverse range of services and programs, we operate within the key areas of Families, Aged Care, Disability and Community.

We believe that by helping one person, we help everyone. And although needs might change, and the road ahead might twist and turn, we’re always here, if you ever need. At Fostering Futures, our Permanency Support Program we're committed to children's wellbeing and their right to have stable, caring families and positive childhoods. Helping these children thrive and reach their full potential is our priority.

A range of placement types are available including respite and emergency care. We welcome foster carers who are single, married, de-facto or divorced, from all backgrounds and cultures. Demand for foster carers is incredibly high in our region and we are seeking more foster carers to provide love, stability and support to help local children thrive and reach their full potential. To learn more about becoming a foster carer please contact us and we will support you every step of the way.

Contact Us

0418 783 956

fosteringfutures@catholiccare.dow.org.au

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

Family Spirit is a new entity formed from the partnership between Marist180 and CatholicCare Sydney delivering services to support the care of children into permanent arrangements. We believe that by working together, we can foster better outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families. We have offices in Bankstown, Lewisham and Blacktown to allow us to reach out across South Western Sydney to the Blue Mountains. We are an accredited Adoption Agency.

The Goodradigbee and Uniting partnership provides culturally supported foster care and kinship placements for Aboriginal children and young people between the age of 0-17 who are not able to live at home. These placements can be either short-term, long-term or on a respite basis, across Western and South Western Sydney.

Goodradigbee’s mission statement is: "Putting Families & Culture First". Together with Uniting, we work alongside foster carers, families, children and young people to help them secure a safe and nurturing home through restoration to their birth family, guardianship through their kinship or foster carers, or through long-term care placements.

We strive to ensure that every child or young person maintains their cultural connections. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for the children and young people they care for through regular engagement, training and support from Aboriginal caseworkers.

We encourage and consider all people to become carers including people who are single and couples (including LGBTI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

KARI is the largest Aboriginal foster care service provider in Australia.

KARI has developed a unique foster care model that delivers full case management of our children and young people in care. This means we can ensure that Aboriginal culture plays a significant role in the care of a child or young person.

KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child protection and Aboriginal community support programs.

We envision a future of flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Narang Bir-rong believes that Aboriginal/TSI children are best raised by their own families however, when they are unable to remain at home, they should maintain connections with their community and kin. Narang Bir-rong offers support to carers who have children or young persons in their care as a result of family kinship ties and monitors the care of these children. All potential carers are assessed regardless of their relationship to the child or young person as the need for support and supervision are always based on the findings of the assessment. Narang Bir-rong ensures that the child or young person's family or kinship group are involved in all aspects of work such as case planning, providing support, reviewing and monitoring case plans and planning for children or young people to exit care.

Narang Bir-rong ensures that only people best able to meet the individual needs of children and young people are recruited as authorised carers and that carers receive appropriate training and ongoing support for their roles. Narang Bir-rong also provides carers with opportunities to participate in decisions such as case planning and implementation and developing exit plans, and that carers have their rights upheld.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

For 170 years we have been focused on creating brighter futures for children and young people. It is our hope that by giving children and young people the chance to shine, by delivering programs and services that work, and by supporting them to thrive in safe and nurturing homes, the children of today will lead us to a brighter tomorrow.

One of the greatest gifts one can give is the gift of hope, OzChild foster carers provide an abundance of hope for children and young people, and with the support of a team of professionals focused on supporting the foster care journey, OzChild carers play a significant role in supporting the reunification of children with birth family or preparing them for a permanent long-term care placement.

OzChild’s Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) program is an evidence-based specialised foster care program, that supports children and young people with complex behaviours. Carers are required in NSW for this internationally proven foster care program. Carers receive comprehensive training, a generous tax-free reimbursement of $65,000-$75,000 per annum and 24/7 on-call support.

With a placement duration of six to 12 months, carers are required to care for and support a child or young person between the ages of 7-17 years in your home.

Have you got what it takes to change a young person’s life?

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

St Saviours supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with the families or transition to permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care.

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

The Goodradigbee and Uniting partnership provides culturally supported foster care and kinship placements for Aboriginal children and young people between the age of 0-17 who are not able to live at home. These placements can be either short-term, long-term or on a respite basis, across Western and South Western Sydney.

Goodradigbee’s mission statement is: "Putting Families & Culture First". Together with Uniting, we work alongside foster carers, families, children and young people to help them secure a safe and nurturing home through restoration to their birth family, guardianship through their kinship or foster carers, or through long-term care placements.

We strive to ensure that every child or young person maintains their cultural connections. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for the children and young people they care for through regular engagement, training and support from Aboriginal caseworkers.

We encourage and consider all people to become carers including people who are single and couples (including LGBTI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

KARI is the largest Aboriginal foster care service provider in Australia.

KARI has developed a unique foster care model that delivers full case management of our children and young people in care. This means we can ensure that Aboriginal culture plays a significant role in the care of a child or young person.

KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child protection and Aboriginal community support programs.

We envision a future of flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

At MacKillop, we believe every child deserves the best. And the best place for children is in a supportive and nurturing family so they can heal from past trauma and develop to their potential.

Our vision is for all children, young people and families to be safe, thriving and connected to culture and community.

We work across New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Our programs include foster, kinship and residential care; disability services; youth and homelessness support, alternative education schools and outreach; and early intervention support for families. All of our services are child-focused, family-centred, and built on a foundation of cultural safety.

Narang Bir-rong believes that Aboriginal/TSI children are best raised by their own families however, when they are unable to remain at home, they should maintain connections with their community and kin. Narang Bir-rong offers support to carers who have children or young persons in their care as a result of family kinship ties and monitors the care of these children. All potential carers are assessed regardless of their relationship to the child or young person as the need for support and supervision are always based on the findings of the assessment. Narang Bir-rong ensures that the child or young person's family or kinship group are involved in all aspects of work such as case planning, providing support, reviewing and monitoring case plans and planning for children or young people to exit care.

Narang Bir-rong ensures that only people best able to meet the individual needs of children and young people are recruited as authorised carers and that carers receive appropriate training and ongoing support for their roles. Narang Bir-rong also provides carers with opportunities to participate in decisions such as case planning and implementation and developing exit plans, and that carers have their rights upheld.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

For 170 years we have been focused on creating brighter futures for children and young people. It is our hope that by giving children and young people the chance to shine, by delivering programs and services that work, and by supporting them to thrive in safe and nurturing homes, the children of today will lead us to a brighter tomorrow.

One of the greatest gifts one can give is the gift of hope, OzChild foster carers provide an abundance of hope for children and young people, and with the support of a team of professionals focused on supporting the foster care journey, OzChild carers play a significant role in supporting the reunification of children with birth family or preparing them for a permanent long-term care placement.

OzChild’s Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) program is an evidence-based specialised foster care program, that supports children and young people with complex behaviours. Carers are required in NSW for this internationally proven foster care program. Carers receive comprehensive training, a generous tax-free reimbursement of $65,000-$75,000 per annum and 24/7 on-call support.

With a placement duration of six to 12 months, carers are required to care for and support a child or young person between the ages of 7-17 years in your home.

Have you got what it takes to change a young person’s life?

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

St Saviours supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with the families or transition to permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care.

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare Sydney has been providing foster care since 1985. Anglicare foster carers come from all walks of life and from many different family stages and situations. Anglicare seeks carers who have an insight into the needs of children, personal adaptability and family flexibility. Our program covers long term care, short term care, crisis care and respite care. We are also an accredited adoption service provider and can support adoption from foster care, if that is in the best interests of the child.

Anglicare carers receive support from our excellent team of case managers, and have access to the clinical team and additional training and resources, as required. Anglicare Sydney’s foster care program covers the metropolitan Sydney area. To learn more about becoming a foster carer with Anglicare Sydney, you can contact the carer recruitment team on 9890 6800 or via email (foster.care@anglicare.org.au)

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Creating Links recognise the need for safety, nurture and permanency for children and the benefits of growing up in a family rather than in the out of home care system.

Our carers open their homes and their hearts to provide a safe, loving and supportive environment whilst also helping the children grow, mature, feel connected to their culture and achieve great education.

We focus on working with families to find alternative, stable and secure options through:

• Restoration
• Guardianship or,
• Open Adoption (unless child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander)
• Foster Care

Family Spirit is a new entity formed from the partnership between Marist180 and CatholicCare Sydney delivering services to support the care of children into permanent arrangements. We believe that by working together, we can foster better outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families. We have offices in Bankstown, Lewisham and Blacktown to allow us to reach out across South Western Sydney to the Blue Mountains. We are an accredited Adoption Agency.

KARI is the largest Aboriginal foster care service provider in Australia.

KARI has developed a unique foster care model that delivers full case management of our children and young people in care. This means we can ensure that Aboriginal culture plays a significant role in the care of a child or young person.

KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child protection and Aboriginal community support programs.

We envision a future of flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities.

Key Assets is a non-government, not-for-profit children’s services agency and part of the International Key Assets Group, providing services across Australia to children, young people and their families, with a particular focus on foster care.

Key Assets is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive agency, AWEI Bronze Employer of Choice for 2015 & 2016, AWEI Gold Employer Award for 2017, AWEI Silver Employer Award for 2018 & 2019

Providing therapeutic practice support to carers/families and the vulnerable children and young people placed in their care.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Narang Bir-rong believes that Aboriginal/TSI children are best raised by their own families however, when they are unable to remain at home, they should maintain connections with their community and kin. Narang Bir-rong offers support to carers who have children or young persons in their care as a result of family kinship ties and monitors the care of these children. All potential carers are assessed regardless of their relationship to the child or young person as the need for support and supervision are always based on the findings of the assessment. Narang Bir-rong ensures that the child or young person's family or kinship group are involved in all aspects of work such as case planning, providing support, reviewing and monitoring case plans and planning for children or young people to exit care.

Narang Bir-rong ensures that only people best able to meet the individual needs of children and young people are recruited as authorised carers and that carers receive appropriate training and ongoing support for their roles. Narang Bir-rong also provides carers with opportunities to participate in decisions such as case planning and implementation and developing exit plans, and that carers have their rights upheld.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

SSI Multicultural Foster Care is a specialist out-of-home care service for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds aged 0-18 years. The service operates in parts of metropolitan Sydney and the Hunter-Central Coast area.

At SSI, we believe children in care who are supported to learn about and maintain a connection to their culture, religion and language have better outcomes as they grow up than those who are not supported in this way. These connections help children to understand where they have come from and to develop their sense of belonging and identity.

Helping children stay connected with their culture, language and religion also helps children settle if and when they are returned to their birth parents.

Central Coast; Hunter; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western Sydney

Fostering Young Lives is seeking foster carers from across Sydney who can provide safe and nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their own family right now. Often children will return home once it is safe for them to do so. Some children will need carers to provide them with a permanent home. No matter how long a child stays with you, as a foster carer you’ll make a positive difference in their life in a way that stays with them forever.

Fostering Young Lives celebrate diversity and welcomes carers from a variety of backgrounds and who have a range of life experiences and skills. We put the child at the centre of our service and offer ongoing and coordinated support services to best meet the needs of children and their carers. Our professional staff provide carers with regular visits from a Case Manager, 24/7 on call support, a tax-free allowance to assist with the costs of raising a child and ongoing training opportunities. Our carers and their family members are also provided with access to free confidential counselling with experienced clinicians.

Whether you are looking to start the fostering process, or just want more information, our team of foster care specialists can help. Please fill in our online form to request an information pack or if you’d like us to call you for a chat about fostering. You can also visit our website or Facebook page for more information about our service.

We are a community based, not for profit organisation in the Northern Sydney area that offers a range of support and accommodation services to young people aged between the ages of 12 and 24 years, and their families.

Case managers provide intensive support to community carers, young people and their families. An on-call service for young people and carers is available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Our aim is to prevent young people from becoming homeless by developing healthy relationships, stable accommodation and establishing goals to secure education or career pathways.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Wesley Dalmar cares for more than 630 children and young people across NSW, from Richmond in the south to Ballina in the north. Wesley Dalmar’s foster care programs offer temporary care in view of restoration, guardianship and adoption, and permanent foster care for children and young people from birth to adulthood, intensive foster care, Wesley Aunties & Uncles mentoring and specialist house parent model for sibling groups or young people transitioning from care.

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT supports children and young people (aged 0-17 years) who can no longer live at home with their family and are under the temporary or full time care of the Minister. Our service provides trauma informed care for children and young people with a variety of needs (from low level to complex needs) from any cultural and religious background, and of any gender.

We have 4 categories of care:

• Immediate Care that is up to 6 months and supports children to be reunified with their families or transition to a permanent carer;
• Permanent Care supporting children and young people to achieve permanency through Guardianship, Adoption or Long Term Care;
• Therapeutic Home Based Care  is a specialist one to one care option for children and young people over 12 years with complex needs who require specialised and intensive supports to maintain stability in their care arrangements; and
• Respite Care. 

You might be surprised at how possible it is to become a foster carer or adoptive parent. Challenge Community Services considers married and de facto couples (including same-sex couples) as well as single people. We understand the decision to foster or adopt is a big one. The Challenge Foster Care team will discuss your situation and your suitability as a foster carer. Once you become a carer you’ll be supported all the way by a dedicated caseworker and the Challenge team.

Life Without Barriers is a social purpose organisation providing a range of child, youth and family services across Australia. We put children first in everything we do and champion child safety and wellbeing whenever we can. We provide foster and kinship care services that help children go safely home to family. When this can’t happen we work with foster and kinship carers to provide permanent loving homes that keep children well connected to their family, culture, language and community.

We take a therapeutic approach to all our work with children, young people and families and we support all our foster care and kinship carers to care for children in ways that help them to heal, learn and grow.

At Life Without Barriers we believe all children will do well if they are given the opportunity.

Lifestyle Solutions is committed to forging close supportive relationships with our foster carers. Foster carers are the foundation of the support we provide to children and young people who are unable to live with their families, whether for a short period of time or on a permanent basis. We are seeking to provide children who are in care the same opportunities and life experiences as their peers.

We are seeking carers who are willing to support the restoration of children to their birth families, or who can provide immediate emergency care or respite care, or provide permanent long-term care, or care while moving towards guardianship or adoption.

Like the children we support, our foster carers come from a broad range of backgrounds. Carers can be male and female couples or same sex couples, come from diverse cultural backgrounds and have diverse abilities and skills. They can be single people with or without their own children. They can be retired or employed or not employed. If you have the time and commitment to give to a child, and are willing to participate as a member of broad care team for a child, we are happy to talk to you about what it takes to be a foster carer.

The common interest of foster carers is in sharing their lives and caring for children and young people who require safe home environments, while supporting them to maintain their identity and family connections.

Far West NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Ngurambang Out-of-Home Care provides support for Aboriginal children and young people living in care. Ngurambang meaning "special place/home" in Wiradjuri, the service aims to:

• Provide culturally appropriate support to Aboriginal children and young people in care
• Support carers
• Facilitate programs to give children and young people great life experiences
• Develop relationships with birth families and support families to stay together or restore the family unit.

Ngurambang Incorporated is an Aboriginal community managed organisation established to govern the Ngurambang Out-of-Home Care service. It is supported by a partnership with Uniting.

While the NSW Department of Communities and Justice continues to authorise a limited number of foster carers at this time, we encourage people who are interested in fostering to apply with a non-government agency listed on this site.

YIRIYIRIMBANG aims to strengthen a child and young person connection to family, community and country by established a sense of belonging for Aboriginal children in care.

They do this by:

• Aboriginal staff led Out Of Home Care service
• Focus on connections of child or young person so they don’t lose connection to culture
• Actively engaging in the children’s cultural planning and being proactive in life story work
• Promoting self-determination and family led decision making
• Build a register of Aboriginal potential Auntie’s and Uncles (foster carers) in our area
• Providing resources to Aboriginal children and families to support cultural knowledge
• Culturally safe restoration program acknowledging that safety and the best interest of the child is paramount.

We are eager to meet passionate and unique individuals who want to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of young people in out-of-home care.

Fewer Clients – More impact:

• Work one-on-one with young people in a model that has a real and lasting impact
• Be supported by a small dedicated team doing something genuinely new in OOHC
• Work from home and benefit from flexible work arrangements and salary packaging

As Professional Therapeutic Carer (PTC) at PIC your role is to establish and maintain a close supportive relationship with one young person in your home. Our Professional Therapeutic Carers have industry-recognised qualifications and professional work experience and receive full-time wages as case experts.

The PIC model matches one young person with one carer, this matching is based on the young person’s needs and past experiences and the carer’s professional skills and background. The young person lives together with the PTC, but unlike traditional foster care the PTC has the professional skill set to respond to high needs behaviour and to meet the needs of young people with a trauma background. The mix of professionally informed support and a homebased setting, provides the young person with a genuine opportunity to develop real relationships and attachments, that is key to the success of the PIC model.

Central Coast; Far West NSW; Hunter; Illawarra Shoalhaven; Mid North Coast; Murrumbidgee; Nepean Blue Mountains; New England; Northern NSW; Northern Sydney; South Eastern Sydney; Southern NSW; South Western Sydney; Sydney; Western NSW; Western Sydney

Samaritans provide foster care in Newcastle, Mudgee, Taree and regional NSW. Foster carers provide a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people who are not able to live with their family.

Uniting provides foster care for young people between the age of 0-17 that are not able to live at home through short term, long term and respite care.

We work alongside foster carers, young people and the young person’s family, supporting engagement and positive outcomes. Our carers are supported to provide quality care for young people through regular engagement and training.

At Uniting we encourage and consider all people to become carers including married couples and de-facto relationships (including LGTBI). We welcome anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to contact us and allow us the privilege of supporting you to become a carer.

Veritas House is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation that was established in Central Western NSW more than 35 years ago and has grown to become one of the largest providers of foster care and youth homelessness services in the region. As a community-based organisation with offices in Orange and Bathurst, our staff are local and responsive to the needs of our valued foster carers. We are committed to providing carers with regular visits, training and supports that are personalised and reflect the unique needs of being a foster carer in regional NSW.