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Find out More About Fostering in Eastlea

We are recruiting foster carers in Eastlea and surrounding areas including: Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Westlea, Deneside, Dalton-le-Dale, Northlea & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Eastlea

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 Eastlea 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

Just how long you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to many years, or till the child is an adult.

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

You do not require to own your house, however normally, you'll require to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, faith or sexual orientation.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Eastlea. 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 over 10 years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to assist supply a protected and also safe house to youngsters and also youths in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer aiming to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, evaluating capabilities, location and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an seasoned expert on hand to assist 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by just selecting to deal with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with six core values:

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

Fostering Support

We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Eastlea and surrounding areas such as Westlea, Deneside, Dalton-le-Dale, Northlea, Seaton, Parkside, Seaham, Cold Hesledon, Dawdon, Old Burdon.

All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can supply a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a child or young individual in need. We also work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also pick up from their experience.

Even after you have handled a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert group that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any inquiries you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Eastlea, 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.