We are recruiting foster carers in Newtown and surrounding areas including: Reading, High Wycombe, Bracknell, Slough, Basingstoke, Woking, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Guildford, Harpsden Heights, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Harpsden Bottom & 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 Newtown 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:
Exactly how long you take care of the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to many years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the child's situations and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your residence, yet generally, you'll require to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to take care of a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have aided to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which means we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to help offer a secure and also safe and secure residence to youngsters and also youths in care.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing abilities, area and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an seasoned specialist on hand to help 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the young adults and also youths in care, by only picking to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To attain this, we stick to six core worths:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Newtown and surrounding areas such as Harpsden Heights, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Harpsden Bottom, Remenham Hill, Lower Shiplake, Remenham, Aston, Broadplat, Shiplake.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and also assistance so that they can offer a superior foster care solution and also make a actual distinction to a child or young person in need. We likewise work to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster child or young person, you will have the full assistance of our specialist team who will be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to respond to any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Newtown and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Newtown or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Newtown please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Newtown, Reading, High Wycombe, Bracknell, Slough, Basingstoke, Woking, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Guildford 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.