We are recruiting foster carers in Higham and surrounding areas including: Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Maidstone, Basildon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, London, Harlow, Gadshill, Lower Higham, Shorne, Shorne Ridgeway & 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 Higham 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:
The length of time you care for the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's scenarios and the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your residence, however usually, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sex-related orientation.
We have assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and have over one decade of experience, which means we can supply you the finest possible support needed on your journey to help offer a safe and secure and safe residence to youngsters and youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing abilities, place and experience. We build connections in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an skilled expert available to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the youngsters and youths in treatment, by only selecting to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we offer to possible foster carers. To attain this, we follow six core values:
We support every one of our potential foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Higham and surrounding areas such as Gadshill, Lower Higham, Shorne, Shorne Ridgeway, Upper Ifield, Church Street, Strood, Frindsbury, Wainscott, Noke Street.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info and support so that they can offer a first-class foster treatment service and make a genuine difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and discover from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete support of our expert team that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Higham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Higham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Higham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Higham, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Maidstone, Basildon, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, London, Harlow 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.