We are recruiting foster carers in Essendon and surrounding areas including: St Albans, Stevenage, Harlow, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, London, Slough, Chelmsford, High Wycombe, West End, Howe Green, Little Berkhamsted, Wildhill & 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 Essendon 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:
The length of time you take care of the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions and the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your house, however generally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an analysis to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sex-related orientation.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and have over ten years of experience, which means we can supply you the best feasible assistance required on your journey to help provide a risk-free and protected house to youngsters and young people in care.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, evaluating capacities, area and experience. We build connections in between carers and team, and you'll have an experienced professional handy to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and well-being of the children and young people in care, by just selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Essendon and surrounding areas such as West End, Howe Green, Little Berkhamsted, Wildhill, Pipers End, Letty Green, Labby Green, Woodside, Cole Green, Epping Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can provide a first-rate foster care solution and make a actual difference to a child or young individual in need. We likewise work to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and discover from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster child or young individual, you will have the complete assistance of our professional group that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Essendon and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Essendon or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Essendon please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Essendon, St Albans, Stevenage, Harlow, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, London, Slough, Chelmsford, High Wycombe and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.