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Find out More About Fostering in Eastleigh

We are recruiting foster carers in Eastleigh and surrounding areas including: Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Reading, Guildford, Bracknell, Woking, Worthing, Slough, Crawley, Newtown, Bishopstoke, Boyatt Wood, North Stoneham & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh 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 lots of years, or up until the youngster is an adult.

You may have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.

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

Prior to you can foster you have 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, sex, marital condition, religious beliefs or sex-related orientation.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Eastleigh. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and have over one decade of experience, which indicates we can use you the ideal possible support required on your journey to aid supply a safe and secure house to children and youngsters in care.

Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, analyzing abilities, location and experience. We construct partnerships between carers and staff, and you'll have an skilled specialist on hand to aid 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and well-being of the youngsters and youngsters in care, by only selecting to work with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by 6 core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Eastleigh and surrounding areas such as Newtown, Bishopstoke, Boyatt Wood, North Stoneham, Fryern Hill, Stoke Common, Chandlers Ford, Lords Wood, Highbridge, Allbrook.

Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training info and support to ensure that they can supply a superior foster care solution and make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to attach our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and learn from their experience.

Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will have the full support of our specialist group that will get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Eastleigh, Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Reading, Guildford, Bracknell, Woking, Worthing, Slough, Crawley 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.