We are recruiting foster carers in Shalmsford Street and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Chartham, St Augustines, Chartham Hatch, Old Wives Lees & 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 Shalmsford Street 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:
How much time you take care of the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations as well as the fostering solution you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to have your home, yet typically, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an analysis to check that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sex-related positioning.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective possible assistance required on your trip to aid give a protected as well as risk-free home to children as well as young people in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer aiming to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, assessing capacities, place as well as experience. We construct relationships between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an seasoned specialist handy to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as young people in care, by only choosing to collaborate with trustworthy Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as assistance we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with 6 core worths:
We support all of our possible foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shalmsford Street and surrounding areas such as Chartham, St Augustines, Chartham Hatch, Old Wives Lees, Bagham, Garlinge Green, Chilham, Mountain Street, Upper Harbledown, Thanington.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training info as well as assistance so that they can give a excellent foster care solution as well as make a genuine difference to a youngster or young person in need. We also work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Shalmsford Street and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shalmsford Street or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shalmsford Street please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shalmsford Street, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.