Most people begin their foster care journey with little more than a spare room and a desire to provide a home for a child in need.

With a strong focus on placing children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, SSI has countless supports in place to keep culture at forefront for both carer and child.

Saying goodbye to the children Afet has fostered is never easy. Over the years she’s learnt to appreciate the positive parts of that final farewell.  

Do you see foster care and adoption as two sides of the same coin? If you’d like to find out whether fostering is right for you, it’s important to understand these two choices are very different.  

The community of carers weaved throughout SSI’s programs ensures there’s always a helping hand when someone reaches out for support.

They thought they would ease themselves into it with short-term care. Now, three years later, this couple are still looking after their first foster child, while also helping other children through short-term placements.