Toowoomba woman Nadine Wright has proposed an innovative model of foster care which would give traumatised children "forever homes".

Mrs Wright, founder of Hope for Our Children, has seen first-hand the devastating effects on children who have been bounced around from foster home to foster home while she worked at a drug and rehabilitation centre for mothers.

Member for Toowoomba South David Janetzki has praised Mrs Wright's proposal which focuses on children who have been identified as never being able to return to their parents' care.

Mr Janetzki said often these children were identified very young as babies. For example, their parent may have killed a sibling or is in jail for a serious crime.

"These kids will spend their whole childhood in care. The time has come to accept that simply throwing more child safety officers into the department is not going to solve the problem,” he said.

Mrs Wright said the Carmody Inquiry into foster care found some children had up to 35 different placements. 

"That is 35 different families and homes, 35 different schools, 35 different sets of rules - it is impossible for children to form an identity when they are being bounced around like that," she said.

Mr Janetzki said that laws needed to be developed to provide greater certainty and safety for abused children while requiring parents to address their abusive behaviours.

“If parents are unable or unwilling to make the necessary life changes within a set timeframe, laws should be passed that allow the government to make permanency orders for children that offer a stable, loving and safe home to grow up in,” Mr Janetzki said.

“Consideration needs to be given to similar laws that have been introduced in New South Wales and Victoria that offer permanency and stability for abused children,” he said.

"We need new and innovative solutions that place the child's needs and long term welfare front and centre of decision making.” 

Mrs Wright has been attending meetings with Department of Child Safety policy makers and politicians for the past four years acting as an adviser.

Her proposed program would also offer a different model of training for foster carers establishing more permanent homes for children.