Supporting Carers Of Other People's Children - Australian Foster ...

FeedbackThis publication is the first national publication of its kind in Australia. We hope ithas provided information that you as carers or supporters in the foster care sectorfind useful, interesting and encouraging.If you• think the publication was a good idea and has been helpful, or• have suggestions to make about how else to inform foster carers about thesupport that they can obtain, or• have stories to offer, or• think there is a need to provide further information of this kind,please let us know with an email to AFCAHandbook@bigpond.comIf you would also be prepared to answer any further questions, please provide yourcontact details with your other comments.AcknowledgementsAustralian Government agencies:Attorney-General’s DepartmentCentrelinkDepartment of Education, Science and TrainingDepartment of Employment and Workplace RelationsDepartment of Families, Community Services and Indigenous AffairsAustralian Taxation OfficeDepartment of Foreign Affairs and TradeMedicare AustraliaState and Territory government agencies:Australian Capital Territory: Office for Children,Youth and Family SupportNorthern Territory: Department of Health and Community ServicesNew South Wales: Department of Community ServicesQueensland: Department of Child SafetySouth Australia: Department for Families and Communities (Families SA)Tasmania: Department of Health and Human ServicesVictoria: Department of Human Services (Office for Children)Western Australia: Department for Community DevelopmentAnn Arnold, a journalist who specialises in social issuesArthur Mostead AM, Photography & DesignAustralian Foster Care Association Inc. and foster care associations in each state and territoryBev Orr, Immediate Past President, Australian Foster Care Association Inc.Dance Program, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (Dancegroup photograph)Dr Jennifer McIntosh, child clinical psychologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at La Trobe University and AssociateSenior Lecturer at the University of MelbourneDr Ross Gurney, Project Manager, Better Enterprises Pty LtdFotosearch Stock Photography and Stock Footage (Royalty Free Images), Publitek, Inc. dba Fotosearch, 21155Watertown Road, Waukesha, WI 53186-1898 USA for royalty-free images throughoutHandbook steering committee comprised of representatives of the Australian Government and state and territorygovernments, foster care associations, non-government agencies, the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and IslanderChild Care, and CreateJohn Byrne, cartoonist and author of How to get an Agent available at www.getmemyagent.comKatie Pring, a young Aboriginal carer and artistKerry Kemp and the Department of Community Development (WA) Rapp Care SongNational Capital PrintingProfessor Ros Thorpe, Professor of Social Work and Community Welfare, James Cook University and Chief Investigator,Mackay/Whitsunday Foster Care Research ProjectProject officers for the Community and Disability Services Ministers’ Advisory Council (CDSMAC) Foster Care WorkingGroupSecretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)Sharron Williams, Executive Officer of Aboriginal Family Support Services, South AustraliaThe people from around Australia who shared their true experiences in the stories, and the children and young peoplethe excerpts of whose tributes to their foster carers have also been included67