To help Foster Care children reach their full potential
Our Vision
To research, educate and provide support services that assist people in need to reach their full potential and participate in a just society.
At IFYS, our overarching goal is to foster an environment that nurtures the growth and development of all individuals who come into contact with us. We strive to ensure that those who engage with our services feel valued, supported, and inspired. Equally vital is our commitment to cultivate the same sense of well-being among our dedicated staff members.
We firmly believe that our most valuable asset is our people, and as such, we continuously assess and enhance our framework of support. We readily implement new practices and procedures, such as the Sanctuary Model of Care, which actively promotes emotional, social, moral, and physical well-being for both our staff and customers.
Discover Foster Care
Meet our regional teams, hear real foster-care stories, and find out what it takes to open your home to a child in need.
Want to make a big difference in the life of a child?
We currently have specialised positions available for the right person or couple to support children to reach their potential.
Contact us at one of our locations
Our caring teams are ready to answer your questions and support your journey.
Be part of the solution — become a foster parent
Foster carers play a vital role in our community, providing a safe and nurturing home to children and young people who cannot live with their birth family. IFYS Foster Care is proud to have been providing foster care services to children and young people, in the care of the Department of Child Safety, since 1992.
Foster care is temporary care of children by trained, assessed and accredited foster carers. Children and young people requiring foster care can be of any age (up to 18 years), and can come from various cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds.
All over Queensland everyday people are opening their hearts and their homes to children and young people who cannot live with their families, but many more foster carers are needed.
Foster carers change lives — both the children’s and their own. They play a critical role in helping children who have been separated from their birth parents, because of abuse and neglect, to heal. Foster carers are also critical partners in our efforts to reunify children with their parents or to find an alternate permanent family arrangement. Being a foster carer is definitely challenging — but the reward is seeing the difference your nurturing care makes for a child.
Each year thousands of children and young people enter the foster care system in Queensland. Foster carers play a crucial role in their lives and can help ensure that these children thrive in the world.
Foster carers provide a safe, loving, and nurturing temporary home for children in foster care. As a foster carer, you will become a member of a team who is working to assure the well-being of the child. The team consists of the child, the child’s family, the agency caseworker, the foster family, and the Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services.
At IFYS Foster Care a caseworker will be assigned to work with you throughout the child’s stay in your home. We will provide opportunities to attend special training sessions throughout the year. Joining our foster care support group is a good way to get advice and assistance from other experienced foster parents.