General Foster Care
Phone: 1800 024 453
Email: fostering@dcp.wa.gov.au
- The Department provides care for children from birth to 18 years, for emergency, respite, short, medium and long term care.
- Fostering Services recruits, assesses, trains and supports foster carers across the State.
Respite Program
Phone: 1800 024 453
Email: fostering@dcp.wa.gov.au
Specialised Care
Phone: 1300 133 705
Email: specialisedfostering@dcp.wa.gov.au
- Specialised Fostering mainly provides long-term care for children aged 6 to 17 years.
- The service assesses and trains suitable foster carers to care for children with complex needs and challenging behaviours.
- Specialised foster carers get extra training and support, including a higher subsidy.
- Specialised foster care fact sheet (PDF, 221kb)
Pre-Adoptive Foster Care
Phone: (08) 9222 2555
Email: adoptions@dcp.wa.gov.au
- Mainly for newborn babies while the birth parents are considering long-term care options.
- The period of care ranges from a few days to several months.
- You need to have had experience caring for a newborn baby, and the main caregiver cannot be in paid employment.
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