Tasmania does not yet have an accreditation process for foster carers, with the system instead reliant on service providers undertaking thorough checks of the people providing care.

Children and Youth Services deputy secretary Tony Kemp said all foster carers who provided care within Tasmania were required to have undertaken training and assessment from approved sources.

"In addition, all carers must have a current working with vulnerable people check and health checks," he said.

"Foster carers also receive on-going training and support with regular visits from their out-of-home care worker.

"As part of the reform process currently under way, CYS will introduce formal accreditation processes for foster carers, the introduction of statewide consistency in carer recruitment and support and the provision of on-going training for carers that is linked to the assessed needs of children."

Children's Commissioner Mark Morrissey said that introducing an independent monitor would ensure all carers were accredited against a minimum standard.

"We know if we have some minimum standards the quality will improve greatly," he said.

"It's important to have them in place and I would like to see Tasmania have these standards well and truly established."

Foster Carers' Association of Tasmania chief executive Kim Backhouse agreed the accreditation and registration of foster carers was sorely needed.

"You could potentially have a foster carer who had a lot of issues not at a police level, so we really rely on service providers and the government to make sure checks are very thorough," she said.

"We do need to lift the requirements for people who are working with children with training in things like first aid and medication."