We are recruiting foster carers in Old Town and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Maidstone, Crawley, Gillingham, Worthing, Chatham, Dartford, Bexhill, Sidley, Glenleigh Park, Pebsham & 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 Old Town 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 care for the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to lots of years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your house, however usually, you'll require to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital standing, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the most effective possible support needed on your trip to assist offer a safe as well as risk-free house to children as well as youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer aiming to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, examining capacities, place as well as experience. We develop relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an seasoned professional on hand to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the children as well as youngsters in treatment, by only selecting to collaborate with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist all of our possible foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Old Town and surrounding areas such as Bexhill, Sidley, Glenleigh Park, Pebsham, Glyne Gap, Little Common, Watermill, Cooden, Bulverhythe, Lunsfords Cross.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training details as well as support to make sure that they can offer a top-notch foster treatment service as well as make a actual difference to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our professional group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Old Town and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Old Town or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Old Town please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Old Town, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Maidstone, Crawley, Gillingham, Worthing, Chatham, Dartford 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.