We are recruiting foster carers in East Dean and surrounding areas including: Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Hastings, Worthing, Crawley, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Guildford, Friston, Crowlink, Birling Gap, Jevington & 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 East Dean 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 evening to many years, or till the child is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to own your house, but usually, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to care for a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital standing, faith or sex-related positioning.
We have aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and have over ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the very best feasible assistance needed on your journey to assist provide a protected and risk-free house to children and youngsters in care.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering company, evaluating capacities, place and experience. We develop connections in between carers and staff, and you'll have an seasoned specialist handy to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and well-being of the youngsters and youngsters in care, by just picking to deal with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in East Dean and surrounding areas such as Friston, Crowlink, Birling Gap, Jevington, Westdean, Downside, Meads, Exceat, Upperton, Eastbourne.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training details and assistance to ensure that they can provide a excellent foster care solution and make a actual distinction to a child or young person in need. We also function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and learn from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young person, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any kind of concerns you may have.
If you live in East Dean and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in East Dean or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in East Dean please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in East Dean, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Hastings, Worthing, Crawley, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Guildford 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.