We are recruiting foster carers in Cambridge and surrounding areas including: Stevenage, Bedford, Peterborough, Harlow, Luton, Chelmsford, St Albans, Milton Keynes, Colchester, Hemel Hempstead, Newnham Croft, Newnham, Newtown, Romsey Town & 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 Cambridge 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:
For how long 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 have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your home, but normally, you'll need to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you're able to look after a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage standing, religion or sex-related positioning.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the most effective feasible support needed on your journey to aid offer a secure and secure home to youngsters and youths in care.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, area and experience. We construct partnerships in between carers and team, and you'll have an knowledgeable professional accessible to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and well-being of the children and youths in care, by just picking to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we offer to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to six core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Cambridge and surrounding areas such as Newnham Croft, Newnham, Newtown, Romsey Town, Arbury, Chesterton, Coldhams Common, High Cross, Kings Hedges, Grantchester.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training information and support to ensure that they can offer a superior foster care service and make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also function to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete support of our professional group that will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Cambridge and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Cambridge or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Cambridge please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Cambridge, Stevenage, Bedford, Peterborough, Harlow, Luton, Chelmsford, St Albans, Milton Keynes, Colchester, Hemel Hempstead 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.