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Find out More About Fostering in East Herrington

We are recruiting foster carers in East Herrington and surrounding areas including: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Middle Herrington, Doxford Park, Farringdon, Moorside & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In East Herrington

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 East Herrington 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

The length of time you care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to many years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.

You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.

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

Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage condition, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in East Herrington. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can use you the best feasible assistance required on your journey to assist provide a safe and also safe home to youngsters and also youngsters in care.

Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, examining abilities, location and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced expert handy to assist 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the young adults and also youngsters in care, by only picking to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with 6 core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in East Herrington and surrounding areas such as Middle Herrington, Doxford Park, Farringdon, Moorside, Thorney Close, West Herrington, Hasting Hill, Silksworth, Stony Gate, Grindon.

All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training information and also assistance so that they can provide a excellent foster care service and also make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young individual in need. We additionally work to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also find out from their experience.

Even after you have handled a foster youngster or young individual, you will have the full assistance of our expert group that will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any kind of questions you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in East Herrington, Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 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.