We are recruiting foster carers in Leicester and surrounding areas including: Nuneaton, Coventry, Nottingham, Tamworth, Derby, Northampton, Solihull, Birmingham, Mansfield, Walsall, Black Friars, Highfields, Frog Island, New Found Pool & 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 Leicester 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 take care of the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your residence, however usually, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which implies we can use you the most effective possible assistance needed on your trip to assist give a safe and secure and also secure residence to children and also young individuals in care.
Candidates will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, analyzing capacities, area and also experience. We construct partnerships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an knowledgeable expert on hand to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young individuals in care, by only choosing to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Leicester and surrounding areas such as Black Friars, Highfields, Frog Island, New Found Pool, Westcotes, Spinney Hills, Clarendon Park, North Evington, Knighton Fields, Belgrave.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training info and also assistance to ensure that they can give a superior foster care solution and also make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the chance to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert group that will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Leicester and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Leicester or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Leicester please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Leicester, Nuneaton, Coventry, Nottingham, Tamworth, Derby, Northampton, Solihull, Birmingham, Mansfield, Walsall and across the East Midlands.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.