We are recruiting foster carers in Cross-at-Hand and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Crawley, Knowles Hill, Bogden, Rabbits Cross, Devils Den & 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 Cross-at-Hand 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 care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your house, but typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to check that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital condition, religion or sex-related orientation.
We have aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which indicates we can supply you the most effective possible assistance required on your journey to aid provide a secure and also secure house to children and also youngsters in care.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, analyzing abilities, place and also experience. We construct partnerships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced specialist available to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in care, by only selecting to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Cross-at-Hand and surrounding areas such as Knowles Hill, Bogden, Rabbits Cross, Devils Den, Wanshurst Green, St Anns Green, Lambs Cross, Underling Green, Milebush, Hawkenbury.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training information and also assistance to make sure that they can provide a excellent foster care service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also function to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the chance to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full assistance of our specialist group who will get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any questions you may have.
If you live in Cross-at-Hand and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Cross-at-Hand or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Cross-at-Hand please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Cross-at-Hand, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Crawley 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.