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Find out More About Fostering in Longford

We are recruiting foster carers in Longford and surrounding areas including: Derby, Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Walsall, Nuneaton, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Hollington Grove, Longfordlane, Lower Thurvaston, Hollington & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Longford

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Longford area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

Just how long you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to many years, or till the child is an grown-up.

You might have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances and the fostering service you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to own your home, but normally, you'll require to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to check that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Longford. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can use you the very best feasible support needed on your journey to help give a risk-free and protected home to youngsters and youths in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining capabilities, place and experience. We develop partnerships between carers and team, and you'll have an skilled specialist on hand to help 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and welfare of the youngsters and youths in treatment, by just picking to function with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we give to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We assist all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Longford and surrounding areas such as Hollington Grove, Longfordlane, Lower Thurvaston, Hollington, Thurvaston, Rodsley, Churchbalk, Cropper, Osleston, Culland.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training details and support to ensure that they can give a first-rate foster treatment service and make a genuine difference to a child or young individual in need. We likewise function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and gain from their experience.

Also after you have actually tackled a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist team that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of questions you might have.

If you live in Longford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Longford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Longford please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Longford, Derby, Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Walsall, Nuneaton, Wolverhampton, Leicester and across the East Midlands.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.