We are recruiting foster carers in Lowes Barn and surrounding areas including: Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Darlington, South Shields, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Merryoaks, Elvet Hill, Stonebridge, Nevilles Cross & 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 Lowes Barn 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:
For how long you take care of the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to lots of years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to foster and function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations and the fostering service you apply to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your residence, however typically, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital standing, faith or sexual orientation.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the very best feasible support required on your journey to help give a safe and secure and safe residence to youngsters and young people in treatment.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, examining abilities, place and experience. We develop partnerships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced professional on hand to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and well-being of the children and young people in treatment, by only selecting to function with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core worths:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Lowes Barn and surrounding areas such as Merryoaks, Elvet Hill, Stonebridge, Nevilles Cross, Crossgate Moor, Langley Moor, Durham, Western Hill, Littleburn, Broompark.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training info and support so that they can give a first-class foster treatment service and make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete support of our professional group who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Lowes Barn and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Lowes Barn or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Lowes Barn please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Lowes Barn, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Darlington, South Shields, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.