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Find out More About Fostering in Mark Cross

We are recruiting foster carers in Mark Cross and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Worthing, Trulls Hatch, Town Row, Danegate, Rotherfield & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Mark Cross

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 Mark Cross 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 youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to have your home, yet normally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital condition, religion or sexual orientation.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Mark Cross. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which means we can offer you the finest feasible assistance needed on your trip to help supply a secure and also risk-free home to youngsters and also young individuals in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, analyzing capabilities, place and also experience. We develop partnerships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled specialist handy to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and also well-being of the youngsters and also young individuals in treatment, by only choosing to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We assist all of our potential foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Mark Cross and surrounding areas such as Trulls Hatch, Town Row, Danegate, Rotherfield, The Platt, Argos Hill, Best Beech Hill, Sleeches Cross, Rushers Cross, Tidebrook.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training info and also assistance to ensure that they can supply a superior foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist group who will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to address any questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Mark Cross, Maidstone, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Worthing 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.