We are recruiting foster carers in Lightwood and surrounding areas including: Stoke-on-Trent, Telford, Wolverhampton, Derby, Walsall, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Dudley, Chesterfield, Birmingham, Normacot, Florence, Meir Heath, Meir Hay & 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 Lightwood 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 look after the youngster depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your house, yet generally, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage standing, religious beliefs or sex-related orientation.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective feasible assistance required on your trip to help provide a secure and also secure house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, analyzing abilities, area and also experience. We build relationships in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled expert available to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by just choosing to deal with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Lightwood and surrounding areas such as Normacot, Florence, Meir Heath, Meir Hay, Meir, Leadendale, Barlaston Common, Rough Close, Dresden, Weston Coyney.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training details and also assistance so that they can provide a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also 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 meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert team who will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Lightwood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Lightwood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Lightwood please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford, Wolverhampton, Derby, Walsall, Tamworth, West Bromwich, Dudley, Chesterfield, Birmingham and across the West Midlands.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.