We are recruiting foster carers in Cottenden and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Maidstone, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Chatham, Crawley, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Dartford, Worthing, Stonegate, Bardown, Wallcrouch, Tolhurst & 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 Cottenden 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 look after the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to lots of years, or till the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions and also the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your residence, but normally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which implies we can use you the very best possible support required on your trip to help provide a safe and also safe residence to youngsters and also young people in care.
Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, place and also experience. We build connections between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also young people in care, by just picking to deal with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to 6 core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Cottenden and surrounding areas such as Stonegate, Bardown, Wallcrouch, Tolhurst, Ticehurst, Dale Hill, Three Leg Cross, Shovers Green, Birchetts Green, Witherenden Hill.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training details and also support to ensure that they can provide a excellent foster care service and also make a actual difference to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any kind of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Cottenden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Cottenden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Cottenden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Cottenden, Hastings, Maidstone, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Chatham, Crawley, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Dartford, Worthing 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.