We are recruiting foster carers in Great Leighs and surrounding areas including: Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Colchester, Basildon, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Chatham, Stevenage, Cambridge, Little Leighs, Gubbions Green, Hornells Corner, Chatham 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 Great Leighs 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 look after the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to many years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering solution you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your residence, but generally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to check that you have the ability to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sex-related positioning.
We have aided to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can use you the best feasible support required on your journey to aid provide a secure as well as secure residence to children as well as youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing capacities, area as well as experience. We build partnerships in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an skilled specialist available to aid 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as youngsters in care, by only choosing to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we provide to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Great Leighs and surrounding areas such as Little Leighs, Gubbions Green, Hornells Corner, Chatham Green, Fuller Street, Youngs End, Willows Green, Littley Green, Ranks Green, Milch Hill.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training information as well as support to ensure that they can provide a top-notch foster care solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as pick up from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hours a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.
If you live in Great Leighs and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Great Leighs or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Great Leighs please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Colchester, Basildon, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Chatham, Stevenage, Cambridge 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.