We are recruiting foster carers in Shepherdswell and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Sibertswold, Halfway Street, Sibertswold, Coldred & 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 Shepherdswell 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:
How long you care for the child relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to workand foster . Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances and the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your residence, yet generally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, faith or sexual orientation.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective possible assistance needed on your journey to aid give a protected and safe residence to youngsters and youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing capacities, location and experience. We build relationships in between carers and team, and you'll have an skilled specialist available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and youngsters in care, by only selecting to deal with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by six core worths:
We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shepherdswell and surrounding areas such as Sibertswold, Halfway Street, Sibertswold, Coldred, Lydden, Woolage Green, Barfrestone, Frogham, Woolage Village, Eythorne.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can give a first-rate foster care service and make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and gain from their experience.
Also after you have tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any questions you may have.
If you live in Shepherdswell and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shepherdswell or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shepherdswell please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shepherdswell, Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.