We are recruiting foster carers in Linton and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Hastings, Rayleigh, Crawley, Eastbourne, Coxheath, Boughton Green, Boughton Monchelsea, Loose & 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 Linton 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 take care of the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your house, however normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage condition, faith or sex-related alignment.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the most effective possible assistance needed on your trip to aid provide a safe and also safe house to children and also young people in treatment.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, examining abilities, location and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced specialist available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young people in treatment, by only selecting to work with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core values:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Linton and surrounding areas such as Coxheath, Boughton Green, Boughton Monchelsea, Loose, Cock Street, Chainhurst, Underling Green, Loose Hill, Hunton, Bogden.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training information and also assistance so that they can provide a superior foster treatment solution and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We also work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the full assistance of our specialist group that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Linton and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Linton or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Linton please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Linton, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Hastings, Rayleigh, Crawley, Eastbourne 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.