We are recruiting foster carers in Shipbourne and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Chatham, Dartford, Gillingham, Crawley, Basildon, London, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hastings, Dunks Green, Dene Park, Yopps Green, Roughway & 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 Shipbourne 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 much time you look after the youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances as well as the fostering service you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your residence, however typically, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, faith or sexual alignment.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which means we can provide you the best feasible support required on your journey to aid offer a secure as well as secure residence to youngsters as well as young people in care.
Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing capacities, area as well as experience. We build connections in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an skilled professional handy to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the children as well as young people in care, by only choosing to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we offer to potential foster carers. To attain this, we abide by six core worths:
We assist all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shipbourne and surrounding areas such as Dunks Green, Dene Park, Yopps Green, Roughway, Plaxtol, Ivy Hatch, Starvecrow, Coldharbour, Hamptons, Bitchet Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info as well as support to make sure that they can offer a superior foster care service as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We also work to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the complete support of our professional group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any inquiries you may have.
If you live in Shipbourne and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shipbourne or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shipbourne please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shipbourne, Maidstone, Chatham, Dartford, Gillingham, Crawley, Basildon, London, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Hastings 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.