We are recruiting foster carers in Chitty and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings, Chislet, Hollow Street, Boyden Gate, Chislet Forstal & 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 Chitty 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 much time you take care of the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your house, however usually, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an evaluation to check that you're able to take care of a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage condition, faith or sex-related positioning.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the very best feasible support needed on your trip to assist offer a safe and also safe and secure house to children and also young people in care.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining abilities, place and also experience. We build partnerships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled specialist handy to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and also well-being of the young adults and also young people in care, by only picking to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Chitty and surrounding areas such as Chislet, Hollow Street, Boyden Gate, Chislet Forstal, Upstreet, Shelvingford, Under the Wood, Marshside, Under The Wood, Old Tree.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details and also support so that they can offer a first-rate foster care service and also make a actual difference to a child or young person in need. We additionally work to link our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually tackled a foster child or young person, you will have the full support of our specialist team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any concerns you may have.
If you live in Chitty and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Chitty or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Chitty please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Chitty, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings 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.