We are recruiting foster carers in Bushmead and surrounding areas including: Bedford, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Stevenage, Peterborough, Luton, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Harlow, Colmworth, Staughton Moor, Little Staughton, Honeydon & 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 Bushmead 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 look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and work. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your residence, but typically, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to look after a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can use you the finest feasible support required on your trip to help provide a protected and secure residence to children and youths in care.
Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capacities, area and experience. We build relationships between carers and staff, and you'll have an knowledgeable expert available to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the security and welfare of the young adults and youths in care, by only selecting to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and support we provide to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with six core worths:
We support all of our possible foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Bushmead and surrounding areas such as Colmworth, Staughton Moor, Little Staughton, Honeydon, Upper Staploe, Bolnhurst, Mill End, Staploe, Roothams Green, Channels End.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training info and support to make sure that they can provide a excellent foster care solution and make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and find out from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete support of our expert group that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Bushmead and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Bushmead or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Bushmead please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Bushmead, Bedford, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Stevenage, Peterborough, Luton, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Harlow 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.