Berry Street is one of Australia’s largest independent family service organisations. With a history more than 145 years strong, we were founded on leading social and systemic change.

Berry Street takes a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach to caring for a child or young person who has experienced childhood trauma. Partner with us to provide vital care for local children and young people in need. Our comprehensive foster care service offers various types of care, ensuring a nurturing environment for every child. You can watch our online pre-recorded information session at any time.

We understand that children and young people can recover from trauma with the proper care and support. And when you join our team, you’ll continue this vital work of providing strengths-based and trauma-informed care.

We’ll provide expert and tailored support along the way, from guiding you to find the foster care that suits you and your family to connecting you with our community of like-minded foster carers. Watch our 20 minute online pre-recorded information session on demand at a time that suits you by following this link: https://youtu.be/MESfLdHzZiY.

In this session you will have the opportunity to learn more about Berry Street, foster care, the accreditation process and what fostering involves.

Berry Street has foster care programs across the state, including throughout Gippsland, North-West Metro, the Southeast and Bayside Peninsula, Central Highlands, and Hume regions.

You can check if our services cover your area by using the postcode checker on our website.

Still have questions?
We’d love to speak with you more! You can reach out to our friendly Statewide Foster Carer Recruitment team:

• Email: fostercare@berrystreet.org.au
• Phone: 1800 816 037