We are recruiting foster carers in Maidstone and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Hastings, London, Chelmsford, Crawley, Tovil, Lower Fant, Fant, Upper Fant & 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 Maidstone 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 care for the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's situations and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to own your house, however normally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital condition, religious beliefs or sex-related positioning.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can offer you the most effective feasible support required on your journey to help provide a safe and secure and also risk-free house to youngsters and also youths in treatment.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, examining capacities, location and also experience. We construct relationships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled expert available to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we provide to potential foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Maidstone and surrounding areas such as Tovil, Lower Fant, Fant, Upper Fant, Ringlestone, Penenden Heath, Grove Green, Allington, Cherry Orchard, Harbourland.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info and also support so that they can provide a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young individual, you will have the complete support of our expert team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Maidstone and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Maidstone or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Maidstone please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Hastings, London, Chelmsford, Crawley 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.