We are recruiting foster carers in Hassocks and surrounding areas including: Hove, Brighton and Hove, Worthing, Crawley, Eastbourne, Guildford, Hastings, Woking, Maidstone, Dartford, Keymer, Clayton, Hurst Wickham, Ditchling & 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 Hassocks 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:
How long you care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to possess your house, but generally, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can offer you the most effective possible assistance required on your trip to aid provide a secure and safe house to youngsters and youngsters in care.
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 move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, assessing capacities, location and experience. We build relationships between carers and team, and you'll have an experienced expert available to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the youngsters and youngsters in care, by just picking to work with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Hassocks and surrounding areas such as Keymer, Clayton, Hurst Wickham, Ditchling, Hurstpierpoint, Bedlam Street, Pyecombe, West Town, Burgess Hill, Westmeston.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training information and assistance so that they can provide a first-class foster care service and make a actual difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert team who will get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any inquiries you may have.
If you live in Hassocks and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Hassocks or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Hassocks please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Hassocks, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Worthing, Crawley, Eastbourne, Guildford, Hastings, Woking, Maidstone, Dartford 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.