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Find out More About Fostering in Shelton

We are recruiting foster carers in Shelton and surrounding areas including: Bedford, Northampton, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Luton, Stevenage, Leicester, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Upper Dean, Hargrave, Lower Dean, Covington & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shelton

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 Shelton 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 take care of the youngster depends on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the youngster is an adult.

You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.

You do not require to have your residence, yet typically, you'll require to have a extra bed room.

Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to check that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religious beliefs or sex-related positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shelton. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the ideal possible support required on your journey to aid provide a risk-free and also protected residence to children and also youths in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering company, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We develop connections in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced specialist accessible to aid 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by just picking to collaborate with reliable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

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

We urgently need more foster carers in Shelton and surrounding areas such as Upper Dean, Hargrave, Lower Dean, Covington, Yelden, Melchbourne, Swineshead, Caldecott, Tilbrook, Newton Bromswold.

Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training details and also support so that they can provide a superior foster treatment service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We additionally function to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also pick up from their experience.

Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist group who will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shelton, Bedford, Northampton, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Luton, Stevenage, Leicester, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans 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.