We are recruiting foster carers in Hartley and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Eastbourne, Dartford, Crawley, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton and Hove, Basildon, Tubslake, Swattenden, Four Wents, Cranbrook & 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 Hartley 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:
Just how long you care for the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your residence, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you must pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can supply you the finest feasible assistance required on your journey to help offer a safe and secure residence to youngsters and young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering company, assessing capacities, area and experience. We construct relationships between carers and team, and you'll have an experienced professional available to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and welfare of the children and young individuals in treatment, by only choosing to collaborate with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Hartley and surrounding areas such as Tubslake, Swattenden, Four Wents, Cranbrook, Gills Green, Glassenbury, Wilsley Green, Bakers Cross, Crit Hall, Flishinghurst.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info and assistance to ensure that they can offer a top-notch foster treatment service and make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our professional team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Hartley and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Hartley or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Hartley please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Hartley, Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Eastbourne, Dartford, Crawley, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton and Hove, Basildon 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.