We are recruiting foster carers in Ashford and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Eastbourne, Chelmsford, Barrow Hill, South Ashford, New Town, Beaver & 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 Ashford 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:
For how long you take care of the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your residence, however typically, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to take care of a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual positioning.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which means we can offer you the ideal feasible support required on your journey to assist give a safe and secure as well as safe residence to youngsters as well as youths in treatment.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining capabilities, place as well as experience. We build partnerships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist accessible to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the children as well as youths in treatment, by only choosing to work with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as support we give to possible foster carers. To attain this, we adhere to six core worths:
We assist all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Ashford and surrounding areas such as Barrow Hill, South Ashford, New Town, Beaver, Bybrook, Bockhanger, South Willesborough, Willesborough, Willesborough Lees, Singleton.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training information as well as support so that they can give a superior foster treatment solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young person in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as pick up from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster child or young person, you will have the full support of our specialist team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Ashford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Ashford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Ashford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Ashford, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Eastbourne, Chelmsford 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.