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Find out More About Fostering in Ickham

We are recruiting foster carers in Ickham and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Colchester, Chelmsford, Seaton, Wickhambreaux, Bramling, Wingham Green & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Ickham

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 Ickham 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 take care of the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to lots of years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to have your residence, but normally, you'll require to have a extra room.

Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Ickham. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually aided to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than one decade of experience, which implies we can use you the ideal possible assistance needed on your trip to help supply a risk-free as well as secure residence to youngsters as well as young individuals in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing abilities, location as well as experience. We develop relationships in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an seasoned expert on hand to help 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as young individuals in treatment, by just selecting to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we follow 6 core values:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Ickham and surrounding areas such as Seaton, Wickhambreaux, Bramling, Wingham Green, Littlebourne, Wingham Well, Wingham, Broomhill, Stodmarsh, Bossington.

Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training details as well as assistance to ensure that they can supply a first-class foster treatment service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as pick up from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert group who will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.

If you live in Ickham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Ickham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Ickham please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Ickham, Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Colchester, Chelmsford 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.