KidsFirstFostering.com

Find out More About Fostering in Oakington

We are recruiting foster carers in Oakington and surrounding areas including: Cambridge, Bedford, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, Harlow, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Chelmsford, Northampton, Westwick, Longstanton, Girton, Histon & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Oakington

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Oakington area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you care for the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may be able to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to have your house, however typically, you'll require to have a spare room.

Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage status, religion or sex-related alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Oakington. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can supply you the most effective feasible support needed on your trip to help give a safe and protected house to youngsters and youths in care.

Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing capacities, place and experience. We construct relationships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an skilled professional on hand to help 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and well-being of the children and youths in care, by just picking to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support all of our possible foster moms and dads in their trip to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Oakington and surrounding areas such as Westwick, Longstanton, Girton, Histon, Bar Hill, Impington, Dry Drayton, Rampton, Madingley, Lolworth.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information and support to ensure that they can give a superior foster care service and make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to link our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and find out from their experience.

Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full support of our professional group who will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.

If you live in Oakington and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Oakington or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Oakington please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Oakington, Cambridge, Bedford, Peterborough, Stevenage, Luton, Harlow, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Chelmsford, Northampton and across the East of England.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.