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Find out More About Fostering in Herongate

We are recruiting foster carers in Herongate and surrounding areas including: Basildon, Dartford, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone, Ingrave, East Horndon, Childerditch, West Horndon & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Herongate

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 Herongate 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

The length of time you take care of the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.

You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not need to possess your residence, yet generally, you'll need to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sex-related positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Herongate. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can offer you the best feasible support needed on your trip to aid provide a secure and also risk-free residence to children and also youngsters in care.

Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, assessing abilities, place and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled professional available to aid 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also well-being of the children and also youngsters in care, by just choosing to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we provide to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Herongate and surrounding areas such as Ingrave, East Horndon, Childerditch, West Horndon, Hutton Mount, Little Warley, Haverings Grove, Hutton, Little Burstead, Southfields.

All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information and also support to ensure that they can provide a first-rate foster care service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We likewise work to attach our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also learn from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Herongate, Basildon, Dartford, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone and across the East of England.

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