We are recruiting foster carers in Reading and surrounding areas including: Bracknell, Basingstoke, High Wycombe, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Coley, Lower Caversham, Caversham, The Mount & 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 Reading 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 care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios as well as the fostering service you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your home, yet typically, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital status, faith or sexual alignment.
We have actually helped to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which indicates we can offer you the best possible support needed on your trip to aid give a secure as well as safe and secure home to children as well as youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer looking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capabilities, area as well as experience. We build connections in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an seasoned specialist accessible to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the young adults as well as youngsters in treatment, by only picking to work with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Reading and surrounding areas such as Coley, Lower Caversham, Caversham, The Mount, New Town, Whiteknights, Caversham Heights, Hemdean Bottom, Southcote, Whitley.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training information as well as support to ensure that they can give a first-rate foster treatment service as well as make a real distinction to a child or young person in need. We also work to link our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as find out from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Reading and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Reading or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Reading please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, High Wycombe, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans 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.