We are recruiting foster carers in Highfield and surrounding areas including: Southampton, Eastleigh, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Reading, Guildford, Bracknell, Woking, Worthing, Slough, Portswood, Westwood Park, Hampton Park, St Denys & 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 Highfield 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 child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to lots of years, or till the child is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your home, however normally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage status, religion or sexual preference.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which implies we can use you the very best possible support required on your journey to assist supply a secure as well as secure home to youngsters as well as youngsters in care.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering company, evaluating capabilities, place as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an experienced expert handy to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as youngsters in care, by just picking to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as support we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Highfield and surrounding areas such as Portswood, Westwood Park, Hampton Park, St Denys, Bevois Valley, Bevois Mount, Bevois Town, Southampton Common, Bassett Green, Upper Shirley.
All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training details as well as support so that they can supply a excellent foster care solution as well as make a real distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise work to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will have the full support of our expert team that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any concerns you might have.
If you live in Highfield and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Highfield or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Highfield please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Highfield, Southampton, Eastleigh, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Reading, Guildford, Bracknell, Woking, Worthing, Slough 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.