We are recruiting foster carers in Greatness and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Crawley, Basildon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Seal, Wildernesse, Childsbridge, Noahs Ark & 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 Greatness 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 care for the child depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions as well as the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your home, but usually, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective possible assistance needed on your journey to aid provide a risk-free as well as safe home to children as well as young people in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing capabilities, place as well as experience. We build connections between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an skilled expert available to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as young people in treatment, by just choosing to function with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We assist all of our potential foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Greatness and surrounding areas such as Seal, Wildernesse, Childsbridge, Noahs Ark, St Johns, Kemsing, Godden Green, Crowdleham, Sevenoaks, Styants Bottom.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training details as well as assistance so that they can provide a excellent foster treatment service as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any concerns you may have.
If you live in Greatness and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Greatness or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Greatness please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Greatness, Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Crawley, Basildon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford 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.