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Find out More About Fostering in Leadgate

We are recruiting foster carers in Leadgate and surrounding areas including: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Crookhall, Iveston, Stony Heap, Consett & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Leadgate

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 Leadgate 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

For how long you look after the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the child is an adult.

You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the child's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not need to possess your house, yet generally, you'll need to have a spare bed room.

Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Leadgate. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which means we can supply you the finest feasible support required on your journey to aid give a risk-free and also protected house to youngsters and also youths in care.

Applicants 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 companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, analyzing abilities, location and also experience. We build relationships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled professional handy to aid 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youths in care, by just picking to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we give to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by 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 journey to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Leadgate and surrounding areas such as Crookhall, Iveston, Stony Heap, Consett, Pontop, Delves, Templetown, Blackhill, Medomsley Edge, Medomsley.

All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information and also support to make sure that they can give a first-rate foster care service and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young individual in need. We likewise work to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also find out from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the full support of our professional group that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any concerns you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Leadgate, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.