We are recruiting foster carers in Barham and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Gravel Castle, Out Elmstead, Derringstone, Kingston & 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 Barham 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:
The length of time you take care of the child relies on the type of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to many years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your house, yet typically, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to take care of a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can provide you the most effective possible support required on your trip to aid give a safe and secure and secure house to children and youths in care.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, examining abilities, location and experience. We construct partnerships in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an skilled specialist available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and youths in care, by only selecting to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we give to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with 6 core worths:
We support all of our possible foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Barham and surrounding areas such as Gravel Castle, Out Elmstead, Derringstone, Kingston, Marley, Womenswold, Breach, Ileden, Lodge Lees, Woolage Village.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information and support to ensure that they can give a top-notch foster care service and make a real distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise work to link our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will have the full support of our specialist team who will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of questions you might have.
If you live in Barham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Barham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Barham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Barham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.