Becoming a Step by Step Assessor

How to become a registered NSW Step by Step assessor

• New and less experienced carer assessors

  New or less experienced assessors must complete a two-part course that will provide you with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to undertake high quality Step by Step carer assessments.

  Assessors must complete the self paced Foster Care Assessment Skills pre-requisite course that supports assessors understand the link between carer applicants’ suitability and their ability to prioritise the child’s needs, manage their own emotional responses to provide the necessary support and care for children.

  Successful completion of Part One is the pre-requisite for Part Two. This course trains you to use the 2023 Step by Step NSW Foster Care and Relative Kinship Assessment Tool. To enrol into Part One click here to enrol. You are only able to enrol into Part Two once you have successfully completed Part One.

  After the completion of Part Two, assessors then have permission to use the Foster Care, Relative Kinship and Guardianship Step by Step tools to complete the final step towards registration which is to complete a real life carer assessment.

• Experienced Assessors

  Experienced carer assessors must evidence existing their assessment skills by providing two previously completed carer assessment reports. These assessments will be reviewed and further advice provided on the pathway to registration. The reports submitted can be foster care, relative or kinship care, guardianship, or adoption.

  For more information and costs, contact info@stepbystep.org.au.

• Criteria for Step by Step assessor registration

  This link provides information about the criteria for Step by Step Registration. When you are a registered Step by Step assessor you are able to use all the assessment tools in the Step by Step range.

• Access to Step by Step Carer Assessment Skills Course

  To begin the process of becoming a registered Step by Step assessor, you must enrol into Part One Foster Care Assessment Skills (Step by Step) prerequisite course. For more information and to enrol, please click here.

  Assessors must successfully complete Part One to gain access to Part Two – Foster Care Assessment Skills. This is a 4 day course that is conducted online four times a year. This course requires participants to complete in course assessments.

  The final step in the process is to gain Step by Step registration. Once assessors have completed Part Two they need to complete and submit a Step by Step assessment for review against the Step by Step assessment criteria.