We are recruiting foster carers in Hastings and surrounding areas including: Eastbourne, Maidstone, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Gillingham, Chatham, Crawley, Worthing, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, West Hill, Old Town, Broomsgrove, Blacklands & 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 Hastings 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:
Exactly how long you care for the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or till the child is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can depends upon the child's circumstances and the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your house, however normally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to inspect that you have the ability to care for a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital condition, religion or sexual alignment.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the ideal possible assistance needed on your trip to assist offer a safe and safe house to youngsters and youths in treatment.
Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, assessing abilities, area and experience. We construct connections in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced specialist handy to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and well-being of the youngsters and youths in treatment, by only selecting to work with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core worths:
We assist all of our potential foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Hastings and surrounding areas such as West Hill, Old Town, Broomsgrove, Blacklands, High Wickham, Halton, Bohemia, Broomgrove, St Helens Wood, St Leonards Green.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information and assistance so that they can offer a excellent foster treatment solution and make a real distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to link our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.
If you live in Hastings and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Hastings or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Hastings please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Hastings, Eastbourne, Maidstone, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Gillingham, Chatham, Crawley, Worthing, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea 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.