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Fact sheets and brochures
- Blue cards for carers - blue card requirements for carers.
- Carer information and fact sheets - used for the induction of foster and kinship carers.
- Prospective carer information sheets - for people interested in becoming a carer.
Forms and templates
- Application for approval - Form 3 APA Application for approval - Form 3 APA
- Application for approval - Form 3 APA - Guide to completion
- Authorisation to confirm a valid card/application for a carer or adult member
- Blue card forms
- Carer applicant health and well-being questionnaire
- Change in carer circumstances form Change in carer circumstances form
- Covering letter for change of circumstances form
- Covering letter for the information kit
- Exemption card application form (E)
- Expression of interest (becoming a foster or kinship carer)
- Form 1: Foster carer intake
- Form 2: Household safety study
- Form 3A: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Initial approval only
- Form 3A: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Initial approval only Form 3A: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Initial approval only
- Form 3B: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Renewal of approval only Form 3B: Carer applicant assessment and recommendation - Renewal of approval only
- Form 3B: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Renewal of approval only Form 3B: Guidelines for completing assessment report - Renewal of approval only
- Foster Carer Agreement
- General practitioner's report on carer applicant
- Invitation to information session
- Invitation to initial interview
- Kinship carer assessment report
- Kinship carer renewal assessment report
- Quality care: Foster carer training forms and templates
- Volunteer foster/kinship carer or adult member blue card application form (VC)
- Volunteer foster/kinship carer or adult member blue card renewal form (VC Renewal)
For more foster care forms and templates, refer to the Chapter 8. Regulation of care resources in the Child Safety Practice Manual.
Guides and manuals
- Practice paper: Assessment of foster carer applicants
- Quality care: foster care training
- Reporting missing or absconding children to the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services: A guide for non-government organisations
- Transition from care - Where to from here? A guide to community services for young people making the transition to living independently.
Legislation
- Child Protection Act 1999
- Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003
- Child protection legislation: an historical perspective
- Childrens Court Act 1992
- Family Services Act 1987
News and events
Policies and procedures
Child related costs
- Child related costs - carer support (597) Child related costs - carer support (597)
- Child related costs - client support and family contact (598) Child related costs - client support and family contact (598)
- Child related costs - education support (599) Child related costs - education support (599)
- Child related costs - in-home support funding (630) Child related costs - in-home support funding (630)
- Child related costs - in-home support funding (procedure 630) Child related costs - in-home support funding (procedure 630)
- Child related costs - long-term guardian support (608) Child related costs - long-term guardian support (608)
- Child related costs - long-term guardian support (procedure 608) Child related costs - long-term guardian support (procedure 608)
- Child related costs - medical (596) Child related costs - medical (596)
- Child related costs - outfitting (600) Child related costs - outfitting (600)
- Child related costs - placement funding (628) Child related costs - placement funding (628)
- Child related costs - placement funding (procedure 628) Child related costs - placement funding (procedure 628)
- Child related costs - placement support funding (629) Child related costs - placement support funding (629)
- Child related costs - placement support funding (procedure 629) Child related costs - placement support funding (procedure 629)
- Child related costs - travel (595) Child related costs - travel (595)
Children in care
- Assessing and responding to matters of concern (326) Assessing and responding to matters of concern (326)
- Emergent accommodation (631) Emergent accommodation (631)
- Emergent accommodation (procedure 631) Emergent accommodation (procedure 631)
- Participation by children and young people in decision making (369) Participation by children and young people in decision making (369)
- Permanency planning (594) Permanency planning (594)
- Placement of children in care as part of an integrated child protection response (578) Placement of children in care as part of an integrated child protection response (578)
- Positive behaviour support (604) Positive behaviour support (604)
- Residential care (606) Residential care (606)
- Response to children and young people sexually abused whilst placed in out-of-home care Response to children and young people sexually abused whilst placed in out-of-home care
- Supporting children in the care of long-term guardians (607) Supporting children in the care of long-term guardians (607)
- Therapeutic residential care (577) Therapeutic residential care (577)
- Transitioning from care into adulthood (349) Transitioning from care into adulthood (349)
Foster and kinship care
- Carer learning and support (457) Carer learning and support (457)
- Carer participation (460) Carer participation (460)
- Carer participation (procedure 460) Carer participation (procedure 460)
- Complex Support Needs Allowance (612) Complex Support Needs Allowance (612)
- Complex Support Needs Allowance (procedure 612) Complex Support Needs Allowance (procedure 612)
- Dual payment of carer allowances (289) Dual payment of carer allowances (289)
- Dual payment of carer allowances (procedure 289) Dual payment of carer allowances (procedure 289)
- Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and interstate foster payments (365) Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and interstate foster payments (365)
- Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and inter-state foster payments (procedure 365) Expenses - fortnightly caring allowance and inter-state foster payments (procedure 365)
- Foster care training (383) Foster care training (383)
- High support needs allowance (296) High support needs allowance (296)
- High support needs allowance (procedure 296) High support needs allowance (procedure 296)
- Kinship care (632) Kinship care (632)
- Placement of children subject to a care agreement, or an order granting custody or guardianship to the chief executive, with departmental employees (36) Placement of children subject to a care agreement, or an order granting custody or guardianship to the chief executive, with departmental employees (36)
- Regional-remote loading for carers (379) Regional-remote loading for carers (379)
- Regional-remote loading for carers (procedure 379) Regional-remote loading for carers (procedure 379)
Publications and papers
- Foster and Kinship Carer handbook
- Charter of rights books:
- Kid's rights, for children aged 4 to 10 years
- My journey in care, for young people aged 10 to 18 years
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card
- Foster and Kinship Carer Card business directory
- Info kit for children and young people in care
- Statement of Commitment between the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services and the foster and kinship carers of Queensland
Websites
- Community foster care agencies - list of community agencies involved in foster care services in Queensland.
- CREATE Foundation - connects and empowers children and young people in care and improves the care system through activities, programs, training and policy advice.
- Create your future - a guide for young people leaving care.
- Foster Care Queensland - peak body for foster carers in Queensland.
- Hands On Scotland - a Scottish government sponsored online resource for anyone working with children and young people.
- Indigenous foster care agencies - list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster care agencies in Queensland.
- Kidscount - Australian Childhood Foundation website providing parenting information about raising happy and confident children in a number of languages.
- PeakCare Queensland - peak organisation of non-government service providers in the child protection sector.
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