We are recruiting foster carers in Billericay and surrounding areas including: Basildon, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone, Gooseberry Green, Sunnymede, Tye Common, South Green & 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 Billericay 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 long you care for the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances and also the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your home, yet usually, you'll require to have a spare 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 assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have aided to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can offer you the very best feasible assistance needed on your trip to assist give a protected and also secure home to children and also youths in care.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing abilities, location and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled expert accessible to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the young adults and also youths in care, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core values:
We support every one of our possible foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Billericay and surrounding areas such as Gooseberry Green, Sunnymede, Tye Common, South Green, Queens Park, Great Burstead, Little Burstead, Haverings Grove, Noak Hill, Buttsbury.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training information and also assistance to ensure that they can give a top-notch foster care service and also make a actual difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert group who will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Billericay and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Billericay or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Billericay please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Billericay, Basildon, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone 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.