We are recruiting foster carers in Shirkoak and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Eastbourne, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Crawley, Woodchurch, Townland Green, Brattle, Brook Street & 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 Shirkoak 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 take care of the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You might be able to foster and work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations and the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your residence, however generally, you'll need to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the very best possible assistance needed on your trip to help supply a secure and risk-free 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 experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining capacities, location and experience. We build partnerships in between carers and staff, and you'll have an experienced specialist handy to help 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the young adults and youngsters in care, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we supply to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we adhere to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shirkoak and surrounding areas such as Woodchurch, Townland Green, Brattle, Brook Street, Brissenden Green, Robhurst, Shadoxhurst, Tanden, Sly Corner, Kenardington.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training information and assistance to make sure that they can supply a superior foster care service and make a actual difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to link our community of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and discover from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to answer any concerns you might have.
If you live in Shirkoak and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shirkoak or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shirkoak please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shirkoak, Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Eastbourne, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, 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.