Foster care is about providing a safe, secure, and stable environment for a child or young person when they are unsafe or unable to remain at home.

Baptcare operates a foster care program in Tasmania and we are in need of new foster carers to provide support to children and young people across the state.

There are lots of different options for providing foster care, depending on lifestyle and needs. Baptcare is here to support foster carers from the time of first call or email as well as providing training, answering questions, and offering ongoing support 24/7. Foster carers are required to be over 21 years of age, be an Australian resident/citizen, have adequate space in their home, no criminal record, and pass the police and relevant working with vulnerable persons/children check. There is no such thing as a typical foster care household and foster carers come from all walks of life.