We are recruiting foster carers in Lower Hardres and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Street End, Lower Heppington, Pett Bottom, Nackington & 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 Lower Hardres 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:
Exactly how long you care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster as well as function. Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your residence, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to inspect that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital standing, faith or sex-related alignment.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best feasible support needed on your journey to aid give a safe as well as secure residence to children as well as youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, analyzing abilities, area as well as experience. We build connections between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an skilled professional available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as youngsters in treatment, by just choosing to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as support we give to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with 6 core worths:
We support all of our possible foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Lower Hardres and surrounding areas such as Street End, Lower Heppington, Pett Bottom, Nackington, Upper Hardres, Upper Hardres Court, Petham, Lynsore Bottom, Bridge, Westwood.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can give a excellent foster treatment service as well as make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our professional group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Lower Hardres and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Lower Hardres or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Lower Hardres please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Lower Hardres, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.