We are recruiting foster carers in Knockhall and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Bluewater, Stone & 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 Knockhall 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 care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your home, however normally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, faith or sexual positioning.
We have helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which means we can supply you the finest possible support needed on your journey to assist provide a safe and also safe home to children and also youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, assessing capacities, area and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced professional on hand to assist 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the youngsters and also youngsters in care, by just choosing to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we follow six core values:
We assist all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Knockhall and surrounding areas such as Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Bluewater, Stone, Stonewood, Bean, Darenth Valley, Crossways, Dartford, Betsham.
All of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training details and also support so that they can provide a first-class foster care service and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also work to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete support of our professional team that will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Knockhall and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Knockhall or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Knockhall please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Knockhall, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow 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.