We are recruiting foster carers in Oakham and surrounding areas including: Leicester, Peterborough, Nottingham, Northampton, Nuneaton, Derby, Coventry, Mansfield, Bedford, Lincoln, Barleythorpe, Egleton, Langham, Burley & 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 Oakham 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 much time you care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the child's conditions and also the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital status, faith or sex-related alignment.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can offer you the ideal possible support needed on your journey to aid offer a safe and secure and also secure home to youngsters and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, assessing capabilities, area and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced professional handy to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by only picking to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we offer to potential foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Oakham and surrounding areas such as Barleythorpe, Egleton, Langham, Burley, Braunston-in-Rutland, Brooke, Gunthorpe, Upper Hambleton, Barnsdale, Ashwell.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training details and also support to make sure that they can offer a superior foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a child or young individual in need. We also function to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team who will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to address any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Oakham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Oakham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Oakham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Oakham, Leicester, Peterborough, Nottingham, Northampton, Nuneaton, Derby, Coventry, Mansfield, Bedford, Lincoln and across the East Midlands.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.