We are recruiting foster carers in Longstock and surrounding areas including: Eastleigh, Southampton, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Reading, Bracknell, Guildford, Woking, Oxford, Slough, Stockbridge, Leckford, North Houghton, Danebury & 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 Longstock 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 care for the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to have your house, but generally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an evaluation to check that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can use you the best possible support needed on your trip to assist supply a secure as well as safe house to youngsters as well as youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, place as well as experience. We build relationships between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist handy to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as youngsters in care, by only choosing to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we supply to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by 6 core values:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Longstock and surrounding areas such as Stockbridge, Leckford, North Houghton, Danebury, Fullerton, Clatford Oakcuts, Cottonworth, Houghton, Little Somborne, Chilbolton.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training info as well as support so that they can supply a superior foster care service as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Longstock and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Longstock or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Longstock please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Longstock, Eastleigh, Southampton, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Reading, Bracknell, Guildford, Woking, Oxford, Slough 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.