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Find out More About Fostering in Shinfield

We are recruiting foster carers in Shinfield and surrounding areas including: Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, Slough, High Wycombe, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Schoolgreen, Ryeish Green, Whitley Wood, Three Mile Cross & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shinfield

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Shinfield area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

Exactly how long you take care of the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to have your home, but usually, you'll need to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shinfield. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which suggests we can provide you the most effective possible assistance required on your trip to help supply a safe and also risk-free home to youngsters and also youngsters in treatment.

Candidates will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing abilities, place and also experience. We develop partnerships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an knowledgeable expert available to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to collaborate with reliable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core worths:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Shinfield and surrounding areas such as Schoolgreen, Ryeish Green, Whitley Wood, Three Mile Cross, Arborfield, Spencers Wood, Great Lea Common, Arborfield Cross, Whitley, Lower Earley.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training information and also assistance so that they can supply a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to attach our community of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also discover from their experience.

Also after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert team who will get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any kind of questions you may have.

If you live in Shinfield and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shinfield or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shinfield please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shinfield, Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, Slough, High Wycombe, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead 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.