We are recruiting foster carers in Meriden and surrounding areas including: Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Slough, High Wycombe, Stevenage, London, Harlow, Bracknell, Garston, Kingswood, North Watford, Aldenham & 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 Meriden 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 care for the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and work. Whether you can depends upon the child's circumstances and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your house, but usually, you'll need to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can offer you the most effective possible support needed on your trip to aid offer a protected and secure house to children and youngsters in care.
Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, analyzing capacities, location and experience. We build partnerships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced expert accessible to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and well-being of the children and youngsters in care, by only choosing to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we offer to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by six core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Meriden and surrounding areas such as Garston, Kingswood, North Watford, Aldenham, Woodside, Leavesden Green, Bricket Wood, High Cross, Patchetts Green, Round Bush.
All of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training details and support to make sure that they can offer a first-rate foster care service and make a genuine difference to a child or young individual in need. We likewise work to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the complete support of our expert team that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Meriden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Meriden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Meriden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Meriden, Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Slough, High Wycombe, Stevenage, London, Harlow, Bracknell and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.