Foster Carer Application

Please complete all questions to submit your application to become a SAFE Foster Carer.

We ask that you answer with thought and honesty; it is our goal to match our pets to the most suitable home.

Above all, the needs of our rescue pets are our top priority.

SAFE collects personal information from you in order to provide you with our services, information about our services and answer any enquiries that you may have. In certain circumstances, we may be required to collect personal information from third parties, depending on the nature of your enquiry, for example from vets.If you provide us with personal information, for example your name, address, email, phone number or other information, we will collect the information in order to assess your application for our service.

If SAFE does not collect this personal information for such purposes, then SAFE will be unable to process your enquiry or supply you with information in relation to your enquiry.

SAFE may share your information with third party service providers who assist SAFE in providing its products and services to you (such as vets, marketing service providers, IT service providers and contractors); and any other organisation covered in SAFE’s Privacy Policy. SAFE will also be providing personal information to Local Government Authorities every quarter to ensure compliance with the Dog and Cat Act.

If you provide us with the personal information of others, we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to SAFE and why, that they can access that information if they wish and that SAFE does not disclose the information to third parties other than those noted above and within SAFE’s Privacy Policy.

You can access our Privacy Policy here, or contact us at operations@safe.org.au or write to us at PO Box 1390, Karratha WA 6714, to request a copy.

YOUR DETAILS
First Name
Last Name
Date of Birth
Home Address
Town
State
Postcode
Mobile Phone
Alternative Number
Email Address
Best contact time & method? e.g. by email or by mobile phone during a set time
Are you currently working?
If so, where?
Partner's Occupation?
Contact details of others in your household (spouse/housemate)?
If your application is successful we will ask you to join our carer's page on Facebook. If you have Facebook, which email address do you use to log in?
Do you care for any children?
If so, how many and what ages?
YOUR PETS
Do you currently own any animals?
If yes, please give details (number, breed, size etc)
Are these animals fully vaccinated?
Are these animals desexed?
If NO, please give a reason
FOSTER CARE
What made you want to become a SAFE Foster Carer? Have you ever been a foster carer before? If so for what organisation and when?
What type/s of animals are you able to care for?
How many animals are you able to care for at one time?
What length of time are you able to care for an animal?
What would be the longest amount of time the animal would be left alone?
Where would the animal/s in your care stay?
*PLEASE NOTE SAFE CATS MUST ALWAYS BE KEPT INDOORS ONLY*
Do you have secure fences and gates around your property?
When would you be able to start caring for an animal?
Would you be willing for a SAFE representative to visit your home to see where the animal would stay?
Would you be able to schedule and take the animal to necessary vet appointments and be available for a photographer to visit?
Would you be contactable for potential adopters to discuss details of your foster pet(s) with you and/or arrange to meet them?
Please tell us anything else you'd like us to know - about you, your house and yard. We would love to see photos (front yard, back yard, ideally one of you with your existing pets(s). You can add up to 5 photos below, if necessary you can email any more to newman@safe.org.au.
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Your opinion on a potential adopter will carry great weight, however the final decision will remain with SAFE If you are considering fostering with a view to adopt there are extra conditions: Trial adoption forms need to be completed if the animal is being moved to your care from another with the option of adopting; the adoption fee must also be paid up front. Payment is refundable if the trial adoption is unsuccessful. Full conditions on Trial Adoption form. The animal belongs to SAFE until all payments and paperwork has been completed
	Checking this box excludes you from any bulk emails. We use bulk emails to contact volunteers for certain areas (ie if we need to email all our event volunteers, or all our foster carers) If you are a SAFE volunteer we recommend you leave this box unchecked. You can always change this later, if you feel we’re sending too many emails.