Foster care agencies recruit, assess and train foster carers.
Once a foster care household becomes approved, the foster care agency provides support and ongoing training to the carer, and matches the carer with children who need their care.
Foster care information sessions provide further details about becoming a foster carer.
Contact a fostering agency
Agency | Seeking carers for | Telephone | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
All ages, Aboriginal children
| Adelaide - | Adelaide Metro | |
All ages, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children
| Mt Gambier - 8724 9211 | Limestone Coast | |
All ages, non-Aboriginal children
| Adelaide - 8131 3456 | Adelaide Metro | |
All ages, non-Aboriginal children
| Ceduna - 8625 3810 | Eyre and Western Region | |
| Life without barriers | Children of all ages - respite care and long term care only | Adelaide - 8415 6900 | Adelaide Metro Barossa, Light and Lower North Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island Adelaide Hills Murray and Mallee Yorke and Mid North |
Children of all ages
| Adelaide - 8337 8787 | Adelaide Metro | |
Uniting Care Wesley - Country SA | All ages, non-Aboriginal children
| 1300 761 477 | Yorke and Mid North |
Contact a respite-only foster care agency
Agency | Seeking carers for | Telephone | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
Respite care for all ages of children and young people who live with kinship carers.
| 8440 8500 | Adelaide Metro Adelaide Hills Barossa, Light & Lower North |
Contact a specialist agency
Agency | Seeking carers for | Telephone | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
Specialised family based foster care for children aged 1 to 12.
| 8159 1400 | Adelaide Metro Adelaide Hills Barossa, Light & Lower North | |
5 to 17 year olds who need extra support due to a range of disabilities
| Adelaide - 8202 5190 | Adelaide Metro | |
Therapeutic Family based foster care for 2 to 17 year olds with high or complex needs
| Adelaide - 8274 5900 | Adelaide Metro | |
Therapeutic family based foster care for 2 to 17 year olds with high or complex behavioural, or disability related needs
| Adelaide - 8415 6900 | Adelaide Metro |
Contact
Foster Care Services
Telephone: 1300 2 FOSTER (1300 2 367 837)
