We are recruiting foster carers in Leighton Buzzard and surrounding areas including: Milton Keynes, Luton, Hemel Hempstead, Bedford, St Albans, Stevenage, High Wycombe, Watford, Northampton, Oxford, Linslade, Leedon, Old Linslade, Grove & 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 Leighton Buzzard 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:
The length of time you care for the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to many years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to have your residence, however generally, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the very best feasible support needed on your trip to aid give a safe and secure and also secure residence to children and also youths in treatment.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, evaluating capabilities, place and also experience. We build partnerships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled specialist handy to aid 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also youths in treatment, by only selecting to function with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by six core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Leighton Buzzard and surrounding areas such as Linslade, Leedon, Old Linslade, Grove, Rushmere, Little Billington, Heath and Reach, Billington, Ledburn, Eggington.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training information and also support so that they can give a excellent foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally function to link our community of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also find out from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will have the complete support of our specialist team that will get on hand, 24 hours a day, to respond to any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Leighton Buzzard and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Leighton Buzzard or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Leighton Buzzard please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Leighton Buzzard, Milton Keynes, Luton, Hemel Hempstead, Bedford, St Albans, Stevenage, High Wycombe, Watford, Northampton, Oxford and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.