We are recruiting foster carers in Otford and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Basildon, Crawley, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Twitton, Dunton Green, Shoreham, Longford & 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 Otford 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 take care of the youngster depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your residence, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage status, faith or sex-related orientation.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which implies we can provide you the very best possible support needed on your journey to help give a secure as well as protected residence to children as well as youths in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, assessing capabilities, place as well as experience. We develop partnerships between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an skilled expert accessible to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the youngsters as well as youths in care, by just choosing to work with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Otford and surrounding areas such as Twitton, Dunton Green, Shoreham, Longford, Kemsing, Greatness, Sepham Heath, St Johns, Noahs Ark, Romney Street.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training details as well as support to ensure that they can give a first-class foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as discover from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our expert team that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any inquiries you may have.
If you live in Otford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Otford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Otford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Otford, Dartford, Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Basildon, Crawley, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford 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.