We are recruiting foster carers in Gillingham and surrounding areas including: Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Peterborough, Basildon, Harlow, Dunburgh, Beccles, Geldeston, Dockeney & 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 Gillingham 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 take care of the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to many years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios as well as the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your house, however typically, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage standing, faith or sexual positioning.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the most effective possible support required on your trip to aid offer a secure as well as safe and secure house to children as well as young people in care.
Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, evaluating capacities, location as well as experience. We build relationships in between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an skilled expert handy to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the youngsters as well as young people in care, by just picking to deal with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as support we offer to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Gillingham and surrounding areas such as Dunburgh, Beccles, Geldeston, Dockeney, Windle Hills, West End, Barsham, Bulls Green, Stockton, The City.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info as well as support to make sure that they can offer a excellent foster care solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also function to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full support of our expert team that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Gillingham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Gillingham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Gillingham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Gillingham, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Peterborough, Basildon, Harlow 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.