We are recruiting foster carers in Downham and surrounding areas including: London, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Crawley, Watford, Harlow, Maidstone, Gillingham, Woking, Southend, Plaistow, Bromley Park, Grove Park & 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 Downham 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 take care of the youngster relies on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your home, however generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage status, faith or sex-related orientation.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which implies we can provide you the finest possible assistance required on your trip to assist supply a safe as well as secure home to children as well as young people in care.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing capacities, area as well as experience. We develop relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an skilled professional available to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the children as well as young people in care, by only picking to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we adhere to 6 core worths:
We support every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Downham and surrounding areas such as Southend, Plaistow, Bromley Park, Grove Park, Bellingham, Sundridge, Bell Green, Catford, Bromley, Hither Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info as well as assistance to ensure that they can supply a first-class foster care service as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the complete assistance of our professional team who will be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Downham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Downham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Downham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Downham, London, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Crawley, Watford, Harlow, Maidstone, Gillingham, Woking and across the London.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.