We are recruiting foster carers in Knapwell and surrounding areas including: Cambridge, Bedford, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, Milton Keynes, Harlow, Northampton, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Elsworth, Boxworth, Childerley, Upper Cambourne & 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 Knapwell 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 long you look after the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your home, yet generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which means we can use you the finest possible assistance required on your trip to assist offer a safe and also protected home to youngsters and also youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, analyzing capacities, location and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled professional available to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by only picking to function with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we follow 6 core worths:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Knapwell and surrounding areas such as Elsworth, Boxworth, Childerley, Upper Cambourne, Lolworth, Conington, Cambourne, Childerley Gate, Lower Cambourne, Dry Drayton.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training info and also assistance to ensure that they can offer a excellent foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We also function to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.
Even 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 get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Knapwell and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Knapwell or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Knapwell please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Knapwell, Cambridge, Bedford, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, Milton Keynes, Harlow, Northampton, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.