We are recruiting foster carers in Chipping Ongar and surrounding areas including: Harlow, Chelmsford, Basildon, Dartford, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Stevenage, Chatham, St Albans, Marden Ash, Shelley, Greensted, Hallsford Bridge & 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 Chipping Ongar 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:
The length of time you look after the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering solution you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your residence, but typically, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can offer you the best feasible support needed on your journey to assist offer a safe and also risk-free residence to children and also youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining capabilities, place and also experience. We construct partnerships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an experienced specialist handy to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also welfare of the children and also youths in treatment, by only selecting to work with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we offer to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by six core values:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Chipping Ongar and surrounding areas such as Marden Ash, Shelley, Greensted, Hallsford Bridge, High Ongar, Stanford Rivers, Clatterford End, Little End, Greensted Green, Bobbingworth.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training information and also support so that they can offer a first-rate foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a youngster or young person in need. We also work to connect our community of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also pick up from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Chipping Ongar and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Chipping Ongar or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Chipping Ongar please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Chipping Ongar, Harlow, Chelmsford, Basildon, Dartford, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Stevenage, Chatham, St Albans 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.