We are recruiting foster carers in Highstreet and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, Colchester, Waterham, Dargate, Yorkletts, Dargate Common & 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 Highstreet 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:
How much time you care for the child depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the child is an adult.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's situations and also the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your house, however generally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which suggests we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to help provide a secure and also safe house to children and also youngsters in care.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, assessing capacities, location and also experience. We build connections between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in care, by only choosing to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Highstreet and surrounding areas such as Waterham, Dargate, Yorkletts, Dargate Common, Fostall, Pean Hill, Denstroude, Hernhill, Clapham Hill, Slutshole.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can provide a first-rate foster care service and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also work to attach our community of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our professional team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any type of questions you may have.
If you live in Highstreet and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Highstreet or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Highstreet please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Highstreet, Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, Colchester 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.