We are recruiting foster carers in Elcot and surrounding areas including: Basingstoke, Reading, Oxford, Bracknell, Eastleigh, High Wycombe, Southampton, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Wawcott, Hoe Benham, Winding Wood, Clapton & 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 Elcot 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:
How much time you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your home, but usually, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which means we can provide you the most effective possible assistance needed on your trip to help provide a secure and also safe home to youngsters and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, area and also experience. We develop relationships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced specialist on hand to help 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also well-being of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Elcot and surrounding areas such as Wawcott, Hoe Benham, Winding Wood, Clapton, Halfway, Wickham, Wickham Heath, Ownham, Avington, Kintbury.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training information and also assistance so that they can provide a first-class foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to link our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also learn from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will get on hand, 24 hours a day, to address any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Elcot and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Elcot or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Elcot please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Elcot, Basingstoke, Reading, Oxford, Bracknell, Eastleigh, High Wycombe, Southampton, Slough, Woking, 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.