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Find out More About Fostering in Darenth

We are recruiting foster carers in Darenth and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Chatham, Basildon, Gillingham, Maidstone, London, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Sutton at Hone, Hawley, St Margarets, Darenth Valley & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Darenth

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Darenth area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

Exactly how long you take care of the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or till the child is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to have your home, but usually, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.

Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Darenth. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which implies we can provide you the ideal feasible assistance needed on your journey to help provide a safe as well as secure home to children as well as young individuals in care.

Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining abilities, place as well as experience. We build partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional available to help 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as young individuals in care, by only selecting to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core worths:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Darenth and surrounding areas such as Sutton at Hone, Hawley, St Margarets, Darenth Valley, South Darenth, Fleet-Downs, Brooklands, Green Street Green, Clement Street, Wilmington.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information as well as assistance to ensure that they can provide a first-class foster care service as well as make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also 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 as well as pick up from their experience.

Even after you have tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our professional group that will certainly be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.

If you live in Darenth and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Darenth or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Darenth please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Darenth, Dartford, Chatham, Basildon, Gillingham, Maidstone, London, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow 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.