We are recruiting foster carers in Shepway and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Hastings, London, Crawley, Willington, Park Wood, Three Tees, Otham & 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 Shepway 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 relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to lots of years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your residence, however normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the very best feasible support required on your journey to assist supply a safe as well as safe residence to youngsters as well as young people in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, analyzing capabilities, area as well as experience. We build partnerships in between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an skilled specialist on hand to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as young people in treatment, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as support we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shepway and surrounding areas such as Willington, Park Wood, Three Tees, Otham, Green Hill, Loose Hill, Loose, Boughton Monchelsea, Boughton Green, Bearsted.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can supply a superior foster treatment service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We likewise work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as learn from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Shepway and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shepway or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shepway please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shepway, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Hastings, London, Crawley 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.