We are recruiting foster carers in Chilham and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Bagham, Mountain Street, Dane Street, Old Wives Lees & 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 Chilham 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:
Just how long you care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's situations and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your house, however normally, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers across the UK and have over one decade of experience, which indicates we can use you the best possible assistance needed on your journey to aid supply a secure and safe and secure house to youngsters and young people in care.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing capacities, area and experience. We construct relationships in between carers and staff, and you'll have an experienced specialist handy to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and young people in care, by just selecting to function with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with six core worths:
We support all of our possible foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Chilham and surrounding areas such as Bagham, Mountain Street, Dane Street, Old Wives Lees, Shottenden, Godmersham, Rhode Common, Shalmsford Street, Perrywood, Great Bower.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training information and assistance to ensure that they can supply a first-class foster care service and make a actual difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally function to link our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and find out from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist group that will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Chilham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Chilham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Chilham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Chilham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.