We are recruiting foster carers in High Cross and surrounding areas including: Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Southampton, Guildford, Woking, Bracknell, Reading, Worthing, Crawley, Froxfield Green, Stoner Hill, Warren Corner, Steep & 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 High Cross 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:
For how long you care for the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to have your house, however usually, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which means we can use you the very best possible assistance required on your trip to help offer a risk-free and also secure house to children and also youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capabilities, area and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an seasoned professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the youngsters and also youngsters in care, by just choosing to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core values:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in High Cross and surrounding areas such as Froxfield Green, Stoner Hill, Warren Corner, Steep, Lower Bordean, Ridge Common, Langrish, Oakshott, Stroud, Privett.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training details and also assistance so that they can offer a excellent foster care service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We also function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories 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 assistance of our professional group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in High Cross and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in High Cross or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in High Cross please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in High Cross, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Southampton, Guildford, Woking, Bracknell, Reading, Worthing, Crawley 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.