We are recruiting foster carers in Dartford and surrounding areas including: Basildon, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Crawley, Crossways, The Bridge, Temple Hill, New Town & 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 Dartford 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 care for the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to have your residence, however 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 certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital condition, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can provide you the most effective possible assistance required on your journey to help supply a secure and also safe residence to children and also youths in care.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, area and also experience. We construct connections in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced professional on hand to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the children and also youths in care, by just picking to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to potential foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core worths:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Dartford and surrounding areas such as Crossways, The Bridge, Temple Hill, New Town, Stone, Fleet-Downs, Dartford Marshes, Swanscombe, Darenth Valley, Greenhithe.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and also assistance so that they can supply a top-notch foster care service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also discover from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our professional group who will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Dartford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Dartford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Dartford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, 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.