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Find out More About Fostering in Houghton

We are recruiting foster carers in Houghton and surrounding areas including: Worthing, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Guildford, Portsmouth, Woking, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Southampton, North Stoke, Amberley, South Stoke, Bury & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Houghton

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Houghton area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

The length of time you care for the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to numerous years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to possess your residence, but generally, you'll require to have a spare bed room.

Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Houghton. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can offer you the finest possible assistance required on your journey to aid supply a secure and also secure residence to youngsters and also youths in treatment.

Candidates will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining capacities, location and also experience. We construct partnerships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an seasoned expert handy to aid 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by just picking to deal with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core worths:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We assist all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Houghton and surrounding areas such as North Stoke, Amberley, South Stoke, Bury, Bury Hollow, Cross Gate, Bury Common, West Burton, Burpham, Madehurst.

Every one of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can supply a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also discover from their experience.

Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full assistance of our expert team that will get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any type of 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, Worthing, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Guildford, Portsmouth, Woking, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Southampton 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.