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 New Cross 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:
How long you care for the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to numerous years, or until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the child's situations as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to own your residence, however generally, you'll need to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the ideal possible assistance required on your trip to assist offer a protected as well as secure residence to youngsters as well as young people in care.
Candidates will be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, evaluating abilities, place as well as experience. We construct connections between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an experienced professional available to assist 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the children as well as young people in care, by only selecting to work with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in New Cross and surrounding areas such as New Cross Gate, Deptford, St Johns, Surrey Quays, Isle of Dogs, Peckham, Greenwich, Millwall, Nunhead, Brockley.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training details as well as assistance so that they can offer a first-rate foster care service as well as make a actual distinction to a child or young individual in need. We also work to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as learn from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young individual, you will have the complete assistance of our professional team that will be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in New Cross and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in New Cross or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in New Cross please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in New Cross, London, Dartford, Watford, Harlow, Basildon, St Albans, Slough, Woking, Chatham, Crawley and across the London.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.