Position on Foster Care
- Foster care should be more highly valued and professionalised as a therapeutic placement. We propose a number of measures to strengthen foster care placements such as: placements be reviewed every 12 months;
- payment be tied to both training and the length of placement;
- payment packages which meet the specific needs of the foster family;
- payments made to include a direct allocation to services that the foster child/ren and family require to be supported;
- and all foster carers to have a police check and child safety clearance.