We are recruiting foster carers in Shelvingford and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings, Boyden Gate, Old Tree, Highstead, Ford & 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 Shelvingford 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:
For how long you look after the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to own your residence, yet normally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can use you the most effective possible support required on your journey to aid give a risk-free as well as safe residence to children as well as youths in treatment.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, analyzing abilities, place as well as experience. We construct partnerships in between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an skilled specialist available to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as youths in treatment, by just selecting to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we give to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow 6 core values:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shelvingford and surrounding areas such as Boyden Gate, Old Tree, Highstead, Ford, Under The Wood, Millbank, Chislet, Maypole, Chislet Forstal, Under the Wood.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training details as well as support so that they can give a first-class foster treatment service as well as make a actual difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster youngster or young individual, you will have the full support of our specialist group that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any concerns you may have.
If you live in Shelvingford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shelvingford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shelvingford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shelvingford, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dartford, Hastings 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.