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Find out More About Fostering in Shefford

We are recruiting foster carers in Shefford and surrounding areas including: Bedford, Stevenage, Luton, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Cambridge, Harlow, Watford, Northampton, Chicksands, Campton, Clifton, Cliton Manor & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shefford

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 Shefford 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

Exactly how long you take care of the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to numerous years, or until the child is an grown-up.

You may be able to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends upon the child's situations as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to have your residence, yet generally, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.

Before you can foster you have to pass an analysis to check that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shefford. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which means we can offer you the very best possible assistance required on your trip to help offer a risk-free as well as safe residence to children as well as youths in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, examining capacities, location as well as experience. We construct connections between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an experienced specialist accessible to help 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the young adults as well as youths in treatment, by just picking to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our possible foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Shefford and surrounding areas such as Chicksands, Campton, Clifton, Cliton Manor, Meppershall, Ireland, Stanford, Southill, Henlow, Upper Stondon.

Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details as well as assistance to make sure that they can offer a first-class foster treatment solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young person in need. We also function to attach our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as discover from their experience.

Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist team who will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shefford, Bedford, Stevenage, Luton, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Cambridge, Harlow, Watford, Northampton and across the East of England.

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