We are recruiting foster carers in Harrietsham and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Horsalls, Platts Heath, Sandway, Chegworth & 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 Harrietsham 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 youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your home, but usually, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which suggests we can provide you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to aid supply a risk-free and also protected home to youngsters and also youngsters in care.
Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced expert handy to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the young adults and also youngsters in care, by just picking to work with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We support every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Harrietsham and surrounding areas such as Horsalls, Platts Heath, Sandway, Chegworth, Fairbourne Heath, Leadingcross Green, Liverton Street, Broomfield, Lenham, Boughton Malherbe.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training information and also assistance so that they can supply a superior foster care solution and also make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise work to attach our neighborhood 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 stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have tackled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Harrietsham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Harrietsham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Harrietsham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.