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Find out More About Fostering in Chartham

We are recruiting foster carers in Chartham and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Shalmsford Street, St Augustines, Chartham Hatch, Garlinge Green & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Chartham

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 Chartham 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

For how long you look after the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to years, or until the child is an adult.

You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios as well as the fostering service you apply to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not need to have your home, but generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.

Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage standing, religion or sex-related alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Chartham. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can use you the ideal possible support needed on your journey to assist supply a risk-free as well as safe home to children as well as youngsters in care.

Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, location as well as experience. We construct partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist on hand to assist 24 hours a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as youngsters in care, by just selecting to work with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as support we supply to potential foster carers. To attain this, we adhere to six core values:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Chartham and surrounding areas such as Shalmsford Street, St Augustines, Chartham Hatch, Garlinge Green, Thanington, Old Wives Lees, Upper Harbledown, Bagham, Harbledown, Chilham.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can supply a top-notch foster care service as well as make a actual distinction to a child 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 moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as pick up from their experience.

Even after you have taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hours a day, to address any kind of concerns you may have.

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

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