We are recruiting foster carers in Shield Row and surrounding areas including: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Kip Hill, East Stanley, Stanley, Tanfield Lea & 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 Shield Row 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 kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your residence, yet typically, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you need to pass an evaluation to check that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best possible support required on your trip to help provide a safe and also risk-free residence to children and also youths in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We construct partnerships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an seasoned expert on hand to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core values:
We support all of our possible foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shield Row and surrounding areas such as Kip Hill, East Stanley, Stanley, Tanfield Lea, No Place, Oxhill, Tanfield Lea, South Stanley, Coppy, South Moor.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training info and also support to make sure that they can provide a superior foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also work to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our expert group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to address any questions you might have.
If you live in Shield Row and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shield Row or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shield Row please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shield Row, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.