We are recruiting foster carers in Lee-on-the-Solent and surrounding areas including: Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Hove, Woking, Brighton and Hove, Reading, Rowner, Peel Common, Hill Head, Stubbington & 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 Lee-on-the-Solent 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 much time you care for the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to numerous years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's circumstances and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your house, but normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage condition, religion or sex-related alignment.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the most effective feasible support needed on your trip to help supply a protected and also risk-free house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, examining abilities, area and also experience. We construct relationships in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by only selecting to deal with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we supply to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:
We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Lee-on-the-Solent and surrounding areas such as Rowner, Peel Common, Hill Head, Stubbington, Privett, Anns Hill, Brockhurst, Woodcot, Bridgemary, Bedenham.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training information and also support to make sure that they can supply a first-rate foster treatment solution and also make a real distinction to a child or young person in need. We also function to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Lee-on-the-Solent and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Lee-on-the-Solent or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Lee-on-the-Solent please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Lee-on-the-Solent, Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Hove, Woking, Brighton and Hove, Reading 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.