We are recruiting foster carers in Houghton and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Clara Vale, Bank Top, Wylam & 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 Houghton 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 youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
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 neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your house, yet typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to look after a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital status, religion or sexual alignment.
We have actually aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can supply you the very best possible assistance needed on your trip to help offer a secure and also safe house to children and also youths in treatment.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, analyzing capabilities, place and also experience. We develop relationships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled specialist available to help 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also youths in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core values:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Houghton and surrounding areas such as Heddon-on-the-Wall, Clara Vale, Bank Top, Wylam, Throckley, Bar Moor, Crawcrook, Horsley, Medburn, Ryton.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can offer a superior foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally function to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the full assistance of our specialist team that will be on hand, 24 hours a day, to answer any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Houghton and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Houghton or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Houghton please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Houghton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.