We are recruiting foster carers in Houghton Bank and surrounding areas including: Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Houghton-le-Side, Redworth, Royal Oak, Walworth Gate & 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 Bank 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 take care of the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can relies on the child's conditions and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your home, yet generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Before you can foster you should pass an analysis to check that you're able to take care of a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, religion or sexual orientation.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can provide you the best feasible assistance required on your trip to assist offer a safe and safe home to children and youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, analyzing capacities, location and experience. We build partnerships in between carers and team, and you'll have an knowledgeable specialist handy to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and welfare of the children and youths in treatment, by just selecting to work with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we adhere to 6 core worths:
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 Bank and surrounding areas such as Houghton-le-Side, Redworth, Royal Oak, Walworth Gate, Heighington, Bolam, Bildershaw, School Aycliffe, Walworth, Denton.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information and assistance so that they can offer a superior foster treatment service and make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also work to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and learn from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist team who will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Houghton Bank and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Houghton Bank or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Houghton Bank please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Houghton Bank, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, 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.