We are recruiting foster carers in Grays and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, London, Chelmsford, Harlow, Chafford Hundred, Thurrock Park, Little Thurrock, South Stifford & 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 Grays 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 youngster depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your residence, however typically, you'll need to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage status, faith or sexual positioning.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can use you the very best feasible assistance required on your trip to aid give a secure as well as risk-free residence to children as well as youths in care.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, analyzing capabilities, location as well as experience. We build connections between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an experienced professional accessible to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as youths in care, by just picking to deal with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as assistance we give to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Grays and surrounding areas such as Chafford Hundred, Thurrock Park, Little Thurrock, South Stifford, North Stifford, Orsett Heath, Chadwell St Mary, Tilbury, Biggin, West Thurrock.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information as well as assistance to ensure that they can give a first-class foster care solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our professional team that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Grays and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Grays or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Grays please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Grays, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, London, Chelmsford, 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.