Recruitment

Foster Parent Recruitment


Ministry of Children and Family Development

We are actively recruiting foster parents who can provide respite care for children with special needs, for example autism. Respite care is in the foster parents’s home for up to 14 days a month.

Foster parents must be 19 years or older and residents of British Columbia. Applicants participate in a home study process, including criminal record checks. For more information please do not respond to this e-mail but call 604-775-2169.

You can also visit the website at http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/foster/

  • Location: Richmond
  • Compensation: Commensurate with skills, experience, and contract details.

We are actively recruiting foster parents who can provide a home for teenagers who display sexually-intrusive behaviours. Caregivers must have experience working with youth with mental health issues. These youth would benefit from being the only child in your home.

We are actively recruiting foster parents who can provide a temporary home for children under five years of age. Foster parents provide a loving and stable home environment for children who need short-term care.

Foster families may provide care on an emergency, short-term, or long-term basis. They provide children with a safe, nurturing and supportive home when they need it the most. Foster parents must be 19 years or older and residents of British Columbia. Foster families include single people as well as couples. Families may rent or own their home. Foster parents must successfully conplete all components of the selection process, including a police record check.

For more information on becoming a foster parent, please contact The Ministry of Children & Family Development recruitment line for Vancouver, Richmond & the North Shore.

Phone: 604.775.2169


Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Support Services (VACFSS)

Take the first step to help Aboriginal Children and Youth journey home. Become a Foster Parent.

If you have questions about foster care and how to become a Foster Parent for Aboriginal Children, VACFSS holds information sessions the First TUESDAYof each month at 3284 E. Broadway, Vancouver (Corner of Broadway & Rupert) at 6:45 PM.

For more information contact:

Phone: 604.216.7447
Website: www.vacfss.com


The Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents (FAFP)

For information on fostering Aboriginal children in other communities throughout B.C, please contact FAFP.

Phone: Toll Free: 1.866.291.7091
Website: www.fafp.ca