We are recruiting foster carers in Pested and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Challock, The Lees, Molash, Badlesmere & 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 Pested 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 child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and work. Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances and the fostering solution you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to have your house, yet generally, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to examine that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion or sex-related positioning.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can use you the best feasible support required on your journey to help offer a secure and risk-free house to children and young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, analyzing capabilities, area and experience. We develop partnerships in between carers and staff, and you'll have an experienced specialist available to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and young individuals in treatment, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and support we offer to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by 6 core values:
We assist all of our possible foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Pested and surrounding areas such as Challock, The Lees, Molash, Badlesmere, Leaveland, Great Bower, Throwley Forstal, Tong Green, Throwley, Shottenden.
All of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training info and support to make sure that they can offer a first-class foster treatment solution and make a real distinction to a child or young individual in need. We likewise work to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and learn from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young individual, you will have the complete support of our specialist group who will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Pested and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Pested or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Pested please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Pested, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Hastings, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.