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Foster Care Awareness Week

6 - 12 march 2023

Become a member of Caring Families Aotearoa

Caring Families Aotearoa exists to support the thousands of children in care in Aotearoa, by supporting their caregivers. We help children heal.

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Our Work

Caring Families Aotearoa exists to support the thousands of children in care in Aotearoa, by supporting their caregivers.

Caregiving is a broad term – it covers anyone raising a child that isn’t their own. This includes foster caregivers, whānau caregivers, respite caregivers and permanent (home for life) caregivers.

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Caregivers

Being a caregiver (foster or whānau) can be challenging, and it is vital that you never feel alone during your caregiving journey.

Strong support is important to ensure stable and secure homes for children in care. Caring Families Aotearoa offers our members a variety of support options.

what we do for caregivers

Professionals

Caring Families Aotearoa works in partnership with other organisations and iwi to meet the needs of the community.

This includes training and supporting professionals who work alongside caregivers to ensure a safe and healing home.

working together with professionals

Caregiver Training

The training offered by Caring Families Aotearoa is for caregivers parenting tamariki and rangatahi (children and young people) who have relationship difficulties, especially children who have experienced insecure attachments, trauma, loss and or separation, or family violence. All our training pays special attention to the parenting attitude of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy).

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Caregiver Support

Being a caregiver (foster or whānau) can be challenging, and it is vital that you never feel alone during your caregiving journey. Strong support is important to ensure a stable and secure home for children in care. Caring Families Aotearoa offers our members a variety of support options; one on one support, support groups and facebook groups.

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Help us Support Caregivers

We provide encouragement, professional training and support so foster and whānau caregivers can do their best for vulnerable children, helping them to prosper and learn to love and trust again.

But we can’t do this alone. With your help we make a positive impact and help to transform the lives of thousands of children in care in New Zealand.

Ways you can help