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Find out More About Fostering in Scotswood

We are recruiting foster carers in Scotswood and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Benwell, Old Benwell, Bells Close, Blaydon Haughs & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Scotswood

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Scotswood area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you look after the youngster depends upon the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.

You might have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to possess your house, but normally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.

Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to inspect that you have the ability to look after a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Scotswood. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have aided to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can use you the finest possible assistance required on your trip to help offer a safe and secure house to children and youths in care.

Candidates will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, analyzing capacities, location and experience. We construct connections in between carers and staff, and you'll have an seasoned specialist accessible to help 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and welfare of the youngsters and youths in care, by just picking to work with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Scotswood and surrounding areas such as Benwell, Old Benwell, Bells Close, Blaydon Haughs, Denton Burn, Paradise, Derwent Haugh, South Benwell, Lemington, East Denton.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training details and assistance to make sure that they can offer a first-class foster care solution and make a actual difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and learn from their experience.

Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to respond to any kind of inquiries you might have.

If you live in Scotswood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Scotswood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Scotswood please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.