We are recruiting foster carers in Blackfen and surrounding areas including: Dartford, London, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Harlow, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Watford, Lamorbey, Welling, Falconwood, Avery Hill & 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 Blackfen 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:
Exactly how long you take care of the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to lots of years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your residence, yet normally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best possible assistance required on your journey to assist supply a secure and also risk-free residence to children and also young individuals in care.
Candidates will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, analyzing capacities, place and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an experienced specialist accessible to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the children and also young individuals in care, by only picking to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we supply to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Blackfen and surrounding areas such as Lamorbey, Welling, Falconwood, Avery Hill, Sidcup, Crook Log, East Wickham, Longlands, Bexleyheath, Bexley.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training info and also assistance so that they can supply a excellent foster care solution and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist group who will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any questions you might have.
If you live in Blackfen and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Blackfen or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Blackfen please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Blackfen, Dartford, London, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Harlow, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Watford and across the London.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.