We are recruiting foster carers in Oakwood and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Anick, Bridge End, The Riding, Acomb & 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 Oakwood 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 take care of the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's situations and the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your home, yet usually, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have aided to put 100's of carers across the UK and have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best possible assistance needed on your trip to aid give a secure and safe home to youngsters and youngsters in care.
Candidates will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, analyzing abilities, place and experience. We develop connections between carers and team, and you'll have an experienced specialist available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and welfare of the young adults and youngsters in care, by only choosing to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we give to potential foster carers. To attain this, we comply with six core values:
We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Oakwood and surrounding areas such as Anick, Bridge End, The Riding, Acomb, Sandhoe, Hexham, Dilston, Fallowfield, Warden, Nether Warden.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and assistance so that they can give a first-rate foster care solution and make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also function to link our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and pick up from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist group that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Oakwood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Oakwood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Oakwood please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Oakwood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.