We are recruiting foster carers in Chalkwell and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, London, Grove Park, Key Street, Borden, Sittingbourne & 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 Chalkwell 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 long you take care of the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to lots of years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to possess your residence, however generally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can offer you the most effective possible assistance needed on your journey to aid supply a safe and secure and safe residence to children and young individuals in care.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, assessing capacities, location and experience. We develop relationships in between carers and team, and you'll have an knowledgeable expert handy to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and well-being of the children and young individuals in care, by only choosing to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core worths:
We assist every one of our possible foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Chalkwell and surrounding areas such as Grove Park, Key Street, Borden, Sittingbourne, Bobbing, Harmans Corner, Milton Regis, Tunstall, Hearts Delight, Keycol.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training information and assistance so that they can supply a superior foster care solution and make a actual difference to a youngster or young person in need. We likewise work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and pick up from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any kind of concerns you may have.
If you live in Chalkwell and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Chalkwell or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Chalkwell please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Chalkwell, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, London and across the South East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.