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SSI Multicultural Foster Care

strengthening children through culture

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  • About Foster Care
    • Becoming a Foster Carer
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Check Your Eligibility
  • Resources
  • Our Stories
  • Contact Us

Resources for Children & Families

Your place to find useful resources to help raise a child.

  • Culturally Diverse Children in Out-of-Home Care: Safety, Wellbeing, Cultural and Family Connections.

    This report is a collection of papers to provide information on cultural diversity in out-of-home care.

  • Safe & Supported: the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2021–2031

    Safe and Supported: the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2021–2031 is Australia’s framework to reduce child abuse and neglect and its intergenerational impacts.

  • SSI Multicultural Child and Family Program Culturally Responsive Practice Approach

    Our approach to achieving sustainable and practical outcomes for children, young people, families, carers and communities from diverse cultures, faiths, language groups and ethnic backgrounds.

  • My Life and Me – how to access resources for practitioners

    How to access the My Life and Me training program for culturally responsive life story work practice.

  • My Life and Me – Having Difficult Conversations (sample)

    This accompanying resource provides examples and guidance around talking about uncomfortable, sad, and hard conversations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is it important to help children maintain a connection to their culture?

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Applying to become a foster carer: what to expect

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.

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Cross cultural foster care: why it might be right for you

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.

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Saying goodbye: When foster children go home

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.  

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