We are recruiting foster carers in Grigg and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley, Swifts Green, Southernden, Smarden Bell, Headcorn & 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 Grigg 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 look after the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's situations as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your residence, yet normally, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the most effective possible support required on your journey to assist offer a secure as well as risk-free residence to youngsters as well as young people in care.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining capabilities, location as well as experience. We construct relationships between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional handy to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the young adults as well as young people in care, by only selecting to work with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as support we offer to possible foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Grigg and surrounding areas such as Swifts Green, Southernden, Smarden Bell, Headcorn, Waterman Quarter, The Quarter, Lashenden, Smarden, Monks Hill, Hearnden Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training details as well as support so that they can offer a top-notch foster care solution as well as make a actual difference to a child or young person in need. We additionally work to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our professional group that will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Grigg and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Grigg or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Grigg please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Grigg, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley 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.