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 Letchworth 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 long you take care of the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the child's situations and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your house, however usually, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can offer you the ideal feasible support required on your trip to help give a secure and also safe house to youngsters and also young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, analyzing capacities, area and also experience. We develop connections between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an experienced professional accessible to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the security and also well-being of the children and also young individuals in treatment, by just selecting to function with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we give to possible foster carers. To attain this, we follow 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Letchworth and surrounding areas such as Willian, Norton, Purwell, Cadwell, Walsworth, Lower Green, Baldock, Ickleford, Radwell, Clothall Common.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info and also support to ensure that they can give a superior foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a child or young person in need. We also function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also learn from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young person, you will have the complete support of our professional team that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Letchworth and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Letchworth or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Letchworth please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Letchworth, Stevenage, Luton, Bedford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Harlow, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Watford, London 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.