We are recruiting foster carers in Cottered and surrounding areas including: Stevenage, Harlow, Luton, St Albans, Cambridge, Bedford, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Chelmsford, Milton Keynes, Brook End, Hare Street, Throcking, Cromer & 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 Cottered 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 look after the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can depends upon the child's scenarios and the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your home, yet generally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than one decade of experience, which implies we can provide you the very best feasible assistance required on your trip to assist give a safe and secure home to children and 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 knowledgeable foster carer looking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, evaluating capacities, location and experience. We construct relationships between carers and staff, and you'll have an knowledgeable specialist available to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and well-being of the youngsters and young people in care, by only choosing to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we give to potential foster carers. To attain this, we adhere to six core values:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Cottered and surrounding areas such as Brook End, Hare Street, Throcking, Cromer, Cumberlow Green, Ardeley, Southern Green, Luffenhall, Rushden, Moor Green.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can give a first-class foster care solution and make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also function to attach our area of foster carers with each other - 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 find out from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.
If you live in Cottered and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Cottered or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Cottered please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Cottered, Stevenage, Harlow, Luton, St Albans, Cambridge, Bedford, Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Chelmsford, Milton Keynes 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.