Part-Time Foster Carer

Part-Time Foster Carers provide invaluable support to a child or teenager and their primary Carers. The length of care can vary from a day or a weekend to a short break over school holidays.

CatholicCare are actively seeking Part-Time Carers for children and teenagers, between the ages of 5 to 17 years old. As a Part-Time Foster Carer, you provide planned regular care for a child or young person for a short period of time, typically one or two weekends a month.

Part-Time care also allows the child or teenager to experience a different home environment and positive supportive relationships with others which is critically important to their healing, learning and development.

The Benefits

• Become an integral and highly valued member of our Care Team and foster care family.
• Receive a tax-free allowance to support the day-to-day needs of the child or teenager in your care.
• Being a Part-Time Foster Carer can be hugely rewarding and life-changing, not only for the child or young person in care, but for the Carer themselves, their family and support network.
• Being a positive role model and advocate for a young one in need. 
• Being able to demonstrate the foundations of safe, healthy and trusting relationships with children or teenagers. 
• Opportunities for Carers to socialise, network, share their experiences and access peer support. 
• Receive comprehensive training and ongoing learning opportunities.
• Receive personalised support from a dedicated Care Team including a Carer Support and Development Caseworker, Child and Family Caseworker, Education, NDIS and Cultural Consultants and Therapeutic Specialists.
• Access to 24/7 on-call support in the case of emergency assistance and support outside of general business hours.
• Application, assessment and approval process usually takes between 3 to 6 months and includes probity checks, assessment interviews and training.

Who can become a Part-Time Foster Carer?

We welcome applications from people regardless of gender, culture, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Young or old, with or without children, single people, de facto and married couples; everyone is different and brings their unique experiences to this important role.

There are no upper age limits to become a Carer; you need to be older than 18 years old, be fit and healthy and able to care for a child or teenager in your care.

It doesn’t matter if you rent or own your own home, or whether you live in an apartment or house. You need to be able to demonstrate that you can provide a safe, stable, and nurturing home and you have the right values and attributes that are important and beneficial for supporting children and young people who need it.

If you have the desire to provide a safe, supportive, caring home-based environment for children or young people who truly need it and are able to open your heart and home, you can become a Foster Carer.

CatholicCare wants Foster Carers who can bring kindness, respect, resilience, patience and compassion into the lives of children and teenagers who need it the most. Can you be the one person to make a difference to the life of a child or young person in need?

Additional Information

CatholicCare Social Service Hunter Manning is a child safe organisation, committed to the protection of children and has zero-tolerance of any abuse of children. All volunteers are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Community Services Check and retain a valid Working with Children Check and comply with our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.