We are recruiting foster carers in Chatham and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Dartford, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, London, Harlow, Crawley, Brompton, Troy Town, Luton, Rochester & 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 Chatham 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 care for the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your residence, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.
We have aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the finest possible support needed on your journey to help supply a safe and safe residence to youngsters and youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining capabilities, place and experience. We build partnerships between carers and staff, and you'll have an experienced specialist handy to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and well-being of the children and youngsters in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Chatham and surrounding areas such as Brompton, Troy Town, Luton, Rochester, Upper Upnor, Wayfield, Borstal, Frindsbury, Lower Upnor, Hale.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training information and support to make sure that they can supply a excellent foster treatment service and make a real distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and pick up from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist team who will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Chatham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Chatham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Chatham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Dartford, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, London, Harlow, Crawley 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.