We are recruiting foster carers in Four Elms and surrounding areas including: Crawley, Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Basildon, Brighton and Hove, Guildford, Hove, Medhurst Row, Pootings, Mowshurst, How Green & 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 Four Elms 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:
For how long you look after the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might be able to workand foster . Whether you can relies on the child's situations and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your house, but normally, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and have over 10 years of experience, which implies we can supply you the best possible support required on your trip to aid provide a protected and risk-free house to youngsters and young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, assessing capacities, area and experience. We build relationships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an skilled specialist accessible to aid 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and welfare of the children and young individuals in treatment, by only choosing to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we provide to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core values:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Four Elms and surrounding areas such as Medhurst Row, Pootings, Mowshurst, How Green, Coopers Corner, Bough Beech, Marlpit Hill, Toys Hill, Winkhurst Green, Froghole.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info and support so that they can provide a excellent foster treatment service and make a actual distinction to a child or young person in need. We likewise function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and gain from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to respond to any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Four Elms and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Four Elms or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Four Elms please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Four Elms, Crawley, Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Basildon, Brighton and Hove, Guildford, Hove 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.