We are recruiting foster carers in Leigh and surrounding areas including: Crawley, Guildford, Woking, London, Slough, Bracknell, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Dartford, Worthing, Dawesgreen, Bunce Common, Nalderswood, Shellwood Cross & 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 Leigh 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 take care of the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or till the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the child's situations and also the fostering service you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your residence, yet typically, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which implies we can use you the most effective feasible support required on your trip to help provide a secure and also safe residence to children and also youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing capacities, area and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced specialist handy to help 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also youngsters in care, by just selecting to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with 6 core values:
We support every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Leigh and surrounding areas such as Dawesgreen, Bunce Common, Nalderswood, Shellwood Cross, Gadbrook, Brockham Park, Strood Green, Irons Bottom, Skimmington, Sidlow.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info and also support to ensure that they can provide a excellent foster care service and also make a real difference to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also find out from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any questions you may have.
If you live in Leigh and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Leigh or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Leigh please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Leigh, Crawley, Guildford, Woking, London, Slough, Bracknell, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Dartford, Worthing 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.