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Find out More About Fostering in Billingham

We are recruiting foster carers in Billingham and surrounding areas including: Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Wolviston, Norton, Cowpen Bewley, Newton Bewley & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Billingham

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Billingham area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you care for the youngster depends on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to numerous years, or till the youngster is an adult.

You might be able to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's situations and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to own your home, but normally, you'll need to have a extra room.

Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Billingham. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which implies we can provide you the very best feasible assistance needed on your journey to help give a safe and secure home to youngsters and young individuals in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, evaluating capacities, area and experience. We develop relationships between carers and team, and you'll have an skilled specialist accessible to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and well-being of the young adults and young individuals in treatment, by only picking to work with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Billingham and surrounding areas such as Wolviston, Norton, Cowpen Bewley, Newton Bewley, Mount Pleasant, Haverton Hill, Roseworth, Ragworth, High Clarence, Portrack.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training info and assistance so that they can give a superior foster treatment service and make a genuine difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We also work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and gain from their experience.

Also after you have tackled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist group that will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to address any inquiries you might have.

If you live in Billingham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Billingham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Billingham please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, Chesterfield, Lincoln and across the North East.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.