We are recruiting foster carers in North Street and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Colchester, Selgrove, Plumford, Sheldwich, Gosmere & 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 North Street 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 youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's circumstances 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 house, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to inspect that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual orientation.
We have aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the most effective possible support required on your journey to help give a secure and also secure house to children and also young people in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining capacities, place and also experience. We develop connections between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled specialist accessible to help 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and also welfare of the young adults and also young people in treatment, by only choosing to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we give to potential foster carers. To attain this, we abide by six core values:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in North Street and surrounding areas such as Selgrove, Plumford, Sheldwich, Gosmere, Copton, Sheldwich Lees, Wilgate Green, Whitehill, Hogbens Hill, Painters Forstal.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training details and also support so that they can give a excellent foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally function to link our community 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 treatment stories and also discover from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to answer any concerns you may have.
If you live in North Street and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in North Street or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in North Street please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in North Street, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.