We are recruiting foster carers in Deneside and surrounding areas including: Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Eastlea, Westlea, Dalton-le-Dale, Northlea & 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 Deneside 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 care for the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to numerous years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your residence, however generally, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage standing, religious beliefs 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 best possible assistance needed on your journey to help give a safe and secure and also risk-free residence to children and also young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, location and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled specialist available to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and also welfare of the young adults and also young individuals in treatment, by only picking to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we give to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by six core worths:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Deneside and surrounding areas such as Eastlea, Westlea, Dalton-le-Dale, Northlea, Parkside, Seaham, Seaton, Dawdon, Cold Hesledon, Old Burdon.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training information and also assistance so that they can give a first-class foster treatment service and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also function to link our community of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Deneside and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Deneside or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Deneside please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Deneside, Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.