We are recruiting foster carers in Saltwood and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hythe, Orchard Valley, Pedlinge, Pennypot & 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 Saltwood 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 evening to several years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and also the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to own your home, however normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital standing, faith or sexual positioning.
We have aided to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the best possible assistance needed on your trip to aid give a secure and also safe home to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, analyzing capabilities, place and also experience. We construct relationships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an experienced specialist available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youngsters in treatment, by just picking to work with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We assist all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Saltwood and surrounding areas such as Hythe, Orchard Valley, Pedlinge, Pennypot, Frogholt, Seabrook, Westenhanger, Newington, Palmarsh, Horn Street.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can give a superior foster treatment solution and also make a real distinction to a child or young person in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist group that will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Saltwood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Saltwood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Saltwood please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Saltwood, Hastings, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Basildon, Dartford, 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.