We are recruiting foster carers in Betteshanger and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Colchester, Chelmsford, Little Betteshanger, Buttsole, Tilmanstone, Northbourne & 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 Betteshanger 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:
How much time you care for the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your house, however usually, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can offer you the very best feasible assistance required on your journey to assist supply a safe as well as secure house to youngsters as well as young individuals in care.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining capabilities, area as well as experience. We build relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an experienced expert on hand to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety as well as welfare of the children as well as young individuals in care, by just choosing to work with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we supply to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Betteshanger and surrounding areas such as Little Betteshanger, Buttsole, Tilmanstone, Northbourne, Marley, West Street, Ham, Eastry, Finglesham, Gore.
All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training information as well as assistance to make sure that they can supply a excellent foster care service as well as make a genuine difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise work to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert group that will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Betteshanger and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Betteshanger or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Betteshanger please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Betteshanger, Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Colchester, 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.