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Find out More About Fostering in Merrybent

We are recruiting foster carers in Merrybent and surrounding areas including: Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Low Coniscliffe, Hummersknott, Mowden, High Coniscliffe & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Merrybent

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 Merrybent 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

For how long you take care of the youngster depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You might have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to have your residence, yet normally, you'll need to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to check that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Merrybent. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK and have over 10 years of experience, which implies we can use you the very best possible assistance needed on your trip to assist give a safe and secure residence to youngsters and youngsters in care.

Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capabilities, area and experience. We build partnerships between carers and team, and you'll have an skilled professional on hand to assist 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and youngsters in care, by only selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we give to possible foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core values:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Merrybent and surrounding areas such as Low Coniscliffe, Hummersknott, Mowden, High Coniscliffe, Branksome, Cockerton, Archdeacon Newton, Blackwell, Pierremont, Faverdale.

All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can give a excellent foster care service and make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young individual in need. We additionally function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and gain from their experience.

Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the full assistance of our professional team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to respond to any kind of questions you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Merrybent, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, 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.