We are recruiting foster carers in Ickford and surrounding areas including: Oxford, High Wycombe, Reading, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead, Slough, Bracknell, Luton, Watford, St Albans, Little Ickford, Worminghall, Shabbington, Draycot & 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 Ickford 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:
How much time you take care of the youngster relies on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . 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 company.
You do not need to own your house, yet normally, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you have to pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage status, religion or sex-related orientation.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which means we can offer you the best possible support required on your journey to help provide a protected and also safe house to children and also youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, assessing capacities, place and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an seasoned expert accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the children and also youths in treatment, by only choosing to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Ickford and surrounding areas such as Little Ickford, Worminghall, Shabbington, Draycot, Tiddington, Waterstock, Albury, Waterperry, Milton Common, Camp Corner.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training details and also support to ensure that they can provide a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally function to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our expert group that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Ickford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Ickford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Ickford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Ickford, Oxford, High Wycombe, Reading, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead, Slough, Bracknell, Luton, Watford, St Albans 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.