We are recruiting foster carers in Freshwater and surrounding areas including: Southampton, Portsmouth, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Reading, Hove, Woking, Bracknell, School Green, New Village, Easton, Locksley & 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 Freshwater 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 take care of the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your home, but generally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which implies we can use you the very best possible support required on your journey to aid offer a risk-free and also safe and secure home to youngsters and also young people in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining abilities, place and also experience. We build connections in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled specialist on hand to aid 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the children and also young people in care, by only selecting to function with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Freshwater and surrounding areas such as School Green, New Village, Easton, Locksley, Colwell, Middleton, Pound Green, Warden Point, Totland, Weston Manor.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training information and also support to make sure that they can offer a superior foster care service and also make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Freshwater and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Freshwater or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Freshwater please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Freshwater, Southampton, Portsmouth, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Reading, Hove, Woking, Bracknell 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.