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Find out More About Fostering in Harwood

We are recruiting foster carers in Harwood and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Rothley, Knowesgate, Cambo, Scots Gap & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Harwood

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Harwood area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

How much time you take care of the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to lots of years, or till the youngster is an adult.

You might have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to have your house, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra room.

Before you can foster you should pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Harwood. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which implies we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance needed on your trip to help offer a secure as well as safe house to children as well as youngsters in care.

Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, location as well as experience. We build partnerships between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an experienced expert accessible to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as youngsters in care, by only selecting to function with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to 6 core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Harwood and surrounding areas such as Rothley, Knowesgate, Cambo, Scots Gap, Kirkwhelpington, Wallington, Elsdon, Harle, Raylees, Longwitton.

Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details as well as assistance to ensure that they can offer a first-class foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally function to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as discover from their experience.

Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert team that will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any type of questions you might have.

If you live in Harwood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Harwood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Harwood please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Harwood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.