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Find out More About Fostering in Brightlingsea

We are recruiting foster carers in Brightlingsea and surrounding areas including: Colchester, Ipswich, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Basildon, Gillingham, Chatham, Harlow, Dartford, Point Clear, Hollybush Hill, Thorrington, East Mersea & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Brightlingsea

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 Brightlingsea 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

How long you take care of the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to many years, or till the youngster is an adult.

You might have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to have your residence, yet usually, you'll require to have a spare bed room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Brightlingsea. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the finest feasible support needed on your journey to aid give a safe and secure and also risk-free residence to children and also young people in treatment.

Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, analyzing capacities, area and also experience. We construct connections in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled professional accessible to aid 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the youngsters and also young people in treatment, by only selecting to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we give to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to 6 core values:

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

Fostering Support

We assist all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Brightlingsea and surrounding areas such as Point Clear, Hollybush Hill, Thorrington, East Mersea, St Osyth, South Heath, Aingers Green, Lee-over-Sands, Alresford, St Osyth Heath.

All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training info and also support to make sure that they can give a excellent foster treatment service and also make a genuine difference to a youngster or young person in need. We likewise work 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 treatment stories and also gain from their experience.

Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the complete support of our professional team that will get on hand, 1 day a day, to address any type of questions you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Brightlingsea, Colchester, Ipswich, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Basildon, Gillingham, Chatham, Harlow, Dartford 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.