Retention & Development

Our Retention and Development team focuses on ensuring foster and kinship carers are valued, respected, and well supported to continue in their vital role.

Through training, coaching, and mentoring Child Safety and Support Agency staff, the team promotes best practices in how carers are engaged and supported.

By strengthening these relationships, we help to create a culture where carers feel respected, heard, and encouraged to stay in the system.

The team also coordinates the Regional Carer Reference Group. It works closely with Child Safety agencies and carers to ensure initiatives are implemented, gaps in services are addressed, and carers’ voices are central in shaping practice.