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Find out More About Fostering in Shelford

We are recruiting foster carers in Shelford and surrounding areas including: Nottingham, Mansfield, Derby, Leicester, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Peterborough, Coventry, Stoke Bardolph, Burton Joyce, Bulcote, Gunthorpe & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shelford

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 Shelford 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

How long you care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can relies on the child's conditions and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

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

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shelford. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and have over ten years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the best feasible assistance required on your journey to assist offer a risk-free and safe and secure home to youngsters and young people in treatment.

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 transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining abilities, place and experience. We develop partnerships in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an seasoned professional available to assist 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and welfare of the young adults and young people in treatment, by only selecting to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we comply with 6 core values:

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

Fostering Support

We support every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Shelford and surrounding areas such as Stoke Bardolph, Burton Joyce, Bulcote, Gunthorpe, Harlequin, Newton, East Bridgford, Upper Saxondale, Saxondale, Radcliffe on Trent.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training information and assistance to ensure that they can offer a first-class foster treatment solution and make a genuine difference to a child or young individual in need. We additionally function to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and gain from their experience.

Even after you have tackled a foster child or young individual, you will have the full assistance of our professional team who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shelford, Nottingham, Mansfield, Derby, Leicester, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Peterborough, Coventry and across the East Midlands.

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