We are recruiting foster carers in Houghton Green and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Maidstone, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley, Playden, Bowlers Town, East Guldeford, Iden & 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 Green 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 care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, yet generally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to examine that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage condition, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which indicates we can supply you the very best feasible assistance required on your journey to help supply a safe and also secure home to youngsters and also youths in care.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, examining abilities, area and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youths in care, by only selecting to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core values:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Houghton Green and surrounding areas such as Playden, Bowlers Town, East Guldeford, Iden, Rye, Rye Foreign, Peasmarsh, Rye Harbour, Flackley Ash, The Stocks.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info and also assistance so that they can supply a excellent foster care solution and also make a actual distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our professional team that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Houghton Green and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Houghton Green or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Houghton Green please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Houghton Green, Hastings, Maidstone, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley 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.