ARE YOU READY TO RAISE THE NEXT
If not you, who?
Foster carers in Far North Queensland are single, married, renting, working, retired.
What they share is a spare room and
a yes. Two minutes tells you whether you could be next.
THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK
Can I be a foster carer?
Most people rule themselves out at home, for a reason that turns out not to be one. Here are six of the usual ones.
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I'm single?
You can foster on your own.
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I rent?
Your home needs to be safe
and settled. It does not need to
be owned. -
I work full time?
Short breaks fit around a
working week. -
I'm over sixty?
There is no upper age limit.
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We're a same-sex couple?
Couples of every kind raise children
in care. -
I've never done
anything like this?Nobody had, the first time.
The Academy
walks you through it.
IFYS Foster Care · Cairns Taipans
Scan.
Enter.
Win.
One form, one entry, one iPad. Fill it in before the final buzzer and you are in tonight's draw.
Enter the draw Takes about thirty seconds
Your message has been received. We'll be in touch shortly.
What happens next
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Someone from the team will contact you
Within two working days.
A conversation,
not an assessment. -
You talk about
your householdWhat could work for you: short breaks, weekends, or
full time.
No wrong answer. -
The same person,
start to finishFrom this call to the Academy and beyond, you have one name and one number.
Rather ring now? The Far North Queensland team answers weekdays.
You don't have to
start with full time.
Short breaks are a way in. A weekend a month, or a week in the school holidays, for a child who already has a carer and a carer who needs a breather.
Same training, same support,
your schedule.
THE SUPERHERO ACADEMY
Training and assessment,
in plain words.
The Academy is where you learn what children in care need, and where IFYS gets to know you. Nobody sits it alone.
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A phone call
Someone from the Far North Queensland team
rings you.
You ask anything. -
A cup of tea
A visit to your home, so both sides know what they are saying yes to.
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The Academy
Training evenings and [a few] days, with other people asking the same questions.
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Approved
Your first child is matched to you, your home and
your schedule.
