We are recruiting foster carers in Basildon and surrounding areas including: Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Dartford, Chatham, Gillingham, Harlow, Maidstone, London, Colchester, Lee Chapel, Lee Chapel North, Ghyllgrove, Lee Chapel South & 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 Basildon 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 care for the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's circumstances as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your home, however normally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can use you the best possible assistance needed on your trip to help provide a safe as well as safe home to youngsters as well as youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining abilities, place as well as experience. We build relationships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an experienced expert on hand to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security as well as well-being of the young adults as well as youngsters in care, by only choosing to function with reputable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to 6 core values:
We support every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Basildon and surrounding areas such as Lee Chapel, Lee Chapel North, Ghyllgrove, Lee Chapel South, Kingswood, Pipps Hill, Fryerns, Noak Bridge, Dry Street, Laindon.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training details as well as assistance to make sure that they can provide a top-notch foster care service as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert group that will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Basildon and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Basildon or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Basildon please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Basildon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Dartford, Chatham, Gillingham, Harlow, Maidstone, London, Colchester and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.