We are recruiting foster carers in Hoo and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Hastings, Dartford, Monkton, The Freehold, Minster, Durlock & 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 Hoo 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 relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your home, yet generally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to inspect that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital condition, faith or sex-related alignment.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can offer you the very best possible support required on your trip to aid give a safe and also protected home to youngsters and also youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, examining capacities, area and also experience. We build partnerships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist on hand to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and also welfare of the youngsters and also youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to function with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we give to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Hoo and surrounding areas such as Monkton, The Freehold, Minster, Durlock, Mount Pleasant, Gore Street, Way, Acol, Brooks End, Plucks Gutter.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training details and also support to ensure that they can give a superior foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We also function to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Hoo and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Hoo or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Hoo please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Hoo, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Hastings, Dartford 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.