We are recruiting foster carers in Shenfield and surrounding areas including: Basildon, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Dartford, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone, Hutton, Hutton Mount, Brentwood, Pilgrims Hatch & 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 Shenfield 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 child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to numerous years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to own your home, but generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to examine that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can offer you the most effective possible assistance required on your journey to assist offer a safe and risk-free home to youngsters and young individuals in care.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, assessing capabilities, location and experience. We build connections between carers and team, and you'll have an skilled expert accessible to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and well-being of the children and young individuals in care, by just picking to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six core worths:
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 Shenfield and surrounding areas such as Hutton, Hutton Mount, Brentwood, Pilgrims Hatch, Ingrave, Crow Green, Mountnessing, Warley, Swallows Cross, Peartree Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info and assistance to ensure that they can offer a superior foster care service and make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to connect our community of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Shenfield and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shenfield or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shenfield please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shenfield, Basildon, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Dartford, Harlow, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone 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.