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Becoming a foster carer in Australia
Australia Explained
English - June 01, 2022 00:36 - 8 minutes - 7.59 MBNews Government Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Observing Indigenous cultural protocols
Around 46,000 children are in 'out of home care' in Australia. There is a shortage of foster parents in the country and in some cases there is a need for people from a specific cultural background.