We are recruiting foster carers in Acol and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings, Mount Pleasant, Brooks End, Birchington, Woodchurch & more.
Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.
* All our foster carers in the Acol area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.
Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:
Exactly how long you look after the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to many years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your house, however normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to look after a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which means we can provide you the best possible assistance required on your journey to assist supply a safe as well as safe house to youngsters as well as youths in care.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, evaluating abilities, place as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist available to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the children as well as youths in care, by only selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we supply to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core values:
We support every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Acol and surrounding areas such as Mount Pleasant, Brooks End, Birchington, Woodchurch, The Freehold, Minster, Way, Hoo, Durlock, Westgate-on-Sea.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training details as well as assistance to make sure that they can supply a first-rate foster care service as well as make a real difference to a child or young person in need. We additionally function to connect our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as gain from their experience.
Also after you have tackled a foster child or young person, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any type of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Acol and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Acol or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Acol please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Acol, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings and across the South East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.