We are recruiting foster carers in Lashenden and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Eastbourne, Basildon, Rayleigh, Crawley, Standen, Curteis Corner, Waterman Quarter, Monks Hill & 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 Lashenden 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 look after the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to have your home, yet typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to look after a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the very best possible support needed on your journey to help offer a safe as well as safe home to children as well as young people in treatment.
Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, location as well as experience. We build relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional available to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as young people in treatment, by only picking to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as support we offer to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core worths:
We support every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Lashenden and surrounding areas such as Standen, Curteis Corner, Waterman Quarter, Monks Hill, Buckhurst, Hareplain, Tylden, Biddenden, Smarden Bell, Smarden.
All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information as well as support to ensure that they can offer a excellent foster treatment solution as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster youngster or young individual, you will have the complete support of our professional group who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any questions you may have.
If you live in Lashenden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Lashenden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Lashenden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Lashenden, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Eastbourne, Basildon, Rayleigh, 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.