We are recruiting foster carers in Scrapsgate and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Merrymans Hill, Marine Town, Minster, Sheerness & 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 Scrapsgate 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:
The length of time you care for the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, however normally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual positioning.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the most effective feasible support needed on your journey to assist supply a secure and safe home to youngsters and youths in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, place and experience. We construct relationships in between carers and staff, and you'll have an seasoned expert available to assist 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and welfare of the children and youths in treatment, by only choosing to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we supply to potential foster carers. To attain this, we adhere to six core worths:
We assist every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Scrapsgate and surrounding areas such as Merrymans Hill, Marine Town, Minster, Sheerness, Mile Town, East End, West Minster, Blue Town, Queenborough, Rushenden.
All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information and support so that they can supply a superior foster treatment solution and make a actual difference to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and discover from their experience.
Also after you have actually tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our expert team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Scrapsgate and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Scrapsgate or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Scrapsgate please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Scrapsgate, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Rayleigh, Maidstone, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow 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.