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Find out More About Fostering in Shotley

We are recruiting foster carers in Shotley and surrounding areas including: Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Norwich, Gillingham, Cambridge, Chatham, Church End, Erwarton, Shotley Gate, Shotley Common & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shotley

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 Shotley 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

The length of time you take care of the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or till the child is an adult.

You may have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can relies on the child's situations as well as the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.

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

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to check that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital standing, faith or sex-related alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shotley. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than one decade of experience, which means we can use you the most effective feasible assistance needed on your trip to assist give a safe and secure as well as risk-free home to youngsters as well as youngsters in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, evaluating capabilities, area as well as experience. We develop connections between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable expert accessible to assist 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security as well as well-being of the youngsters as well as youngsters in treatment, by just choosing to function with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as assistance we give to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we adhere to six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Shotley and surrounding areas such as Church End, Erwarton, Shotley Gate, Shotley Common, Shop Corner, Parkeston, Trimley Lower Street, Chelmondiston, Harwich, Harkstead.

All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training details as well as assistance to ensure that they can give a first-class foster treatment solution as well as make a real difference to a child or young adult in need. We also function to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as gain from their experience.

Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shotley, Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Norwich, Gillingham, Cambridge, Chatham 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.