We are recruiting foster carers in Shortstown and surrounding areas including: Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, Stevenage, Northampton, Cambridge, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford, Harlow, Harrowden, Eastcotts, Cardington, Cotton End & 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 Shortstown 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 upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or up until the child is an adult.
You may be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to have your house, yet normally, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you must pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to look after a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which implies we can supply you the very best feasible assistance required on your trip to aid provide a safe and also safe house to youngsters and also young people in treatment.
Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, analyzing abilities, location and also experience. We build partnerships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an experienced professional on hand to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the children and also young people in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we stick to six core values:
We assist all of our possible foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shortstown and surrounding areas such as Harrowden, Eastcotts, Cardington, Cotton End, Chapel End, Elstow, Fenlake, Herrings Green, Littleworth, Chapel End.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training info and also assistance to ensure that they can provide a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also work to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also learn from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our professional team that will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of concerns you may have.
If you live in Shortstown and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shortstown or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shortstown please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shortstown, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, Stevenage, Northampton, Cambridge, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford, Harlow and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.