We are recruiting foster carers in Merrymans Hill and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Scrapsgate, Minster, Marine Town, East End & 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 Merrymans Hill 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 look after the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's scenarios and the fostering service you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your home, but usually, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you must pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the very best possible assistance required on your journey to assist provide a safe and secure and secure home to youngsters and young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, analyzing capacities, location and experience. We construct relationships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an seasoned expert available to assist 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the young adults and young individuals in treatment, by only choosing to function with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we comply with 6 core values:
We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Merrymans Hill and surrounding areas such as Scrapsgate, Minster, Marine Town, East End, Mile Town, Sheerness, West Minster, Blue Town, Queenborough, Rushenden.
All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can provide a top-notch foster treatment service and make a genuine difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert group that will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to answer any questions you may have.
If you live in Merrymans Hill and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Merrymans Hill or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Merrymans Hill please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Merrymans Hill, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow 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.