Key information

  • We need people like you to help provide safe, nurturing homes for Tasmanian children and young people.
  • Our foster care community is made up of lots of different people from all areas of Tasmania
  • We welcome and encourage carers to join us who may:
    • be single or have a partner
    • have parented their own children or not
    • own or be renting their home
    • have full or part time work, stay at home, study or are retired
    • be from any culture or religion
    • identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
    • have any sexual or gender orientation.

What we need in a carer

Frequently asked questions about foster care

Being a foster carer is a very rewarding and important role. Before you consider this role, you need to consider how this decision will impact your life. A list of frequently asked questions has been developed to help give you more information about what being a foster carer involves.

Click through to read the frequently asked questions on foster care.

Foster care providers

We partner with a variety of organisations around Tasmania to deliver foster care. To see the list of organisations within Tasmania, visit the foster care providers page.

Contact us

For more information about becoming a Foster Carer, please contact us:

Phone: 1800 732 522

Email: foster.carers@decyp.tas.gov.au