We are recruiting foster carers in Hockley and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Tong Green, Throwley, Throwley Forstal, Yewhedges & 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 Hockley 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 look after the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to numerous years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios 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, but typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you should pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital standing, religious beliefs or sex-related alignment.
We have helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which implies we can use you the best possible support required on your journey to aid give a safe and also protected residence to youngsters and also young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, evaluating capabilities, area and also experience. We build connections between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced expert available to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the children and also young individuals in treatment, by just choosing to collaborate with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we give to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We assist all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Hockley and surrounding areas such as Tong Green, Throwley, Throwley Forstal, Yewhedges, Eastling, Wilgate Green, North Eastling, The Valley, Leaveland, Sheldwich.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training details and also support to make sure that they can give a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise work to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete support of our expert team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Hockley and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Hockley or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Hockley please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Hockley, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.