Become a Carer
In Queensland, we have over 12,000 children and young people in the child protection system cared across 6,100 foster and kinship carer families.*
Carers play a vital role in providing a safe and healing home for Queensland’s most vulnerable children.
Queensland carers come from diverse backgrounds, lifestyles and circumstances, and are committed to providing safe, stable, and supportive family-based care.
New carers are always needed and welcomed. If you’d like to know how you can make a difference in a child or young person’s life, we are here to support and advise what is involved in becoming a foster carer.
Learn more about foster and kinship care by calling us on 1300 550 877.
* 2025 data
Attend a Q&A session
Queensland Foster and Kinship Care hosts weekly Q & A sessions for individuals or couples interested in becoming carers.
We understand you may have many questions and are here to help. These sessions are on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm (fortnightly) and Tuesdays from 12pm-1pm (fortnightly).
If you wish to attend these sessions, email our recruitment team at recruitment@qfkc.com.au or 07 3256 6166.
What is Foster Care?
Foster and kinship care are forms of family-based care for children and young people who can’t live at home because they do not currently have a parent willing or able to adequately care for them.
Care can be provided from a few nights to a few months or a few years (i.e. until the child turns 18). Carers may also provide emergency care for children or provide short breaks to other foster or kinship carers.
Foster and kinship care is not ‘one size fits all’. Children have different needs and require different types of care. Carers may have or develop special skills or preferences that will influence the type of care they provide.
Where possible, children are reunited with their families as soon as possible. Carers assist this process through a commitment to maintain ongoing relationships between children and their families.