We are recruiting foster carers in Shottenden and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Perrywood, Great Bower, Dane Street, Selling & 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 Shottenden 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:
The length of time you look after the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering service you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to possess your home, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to check that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital status, faith or sexual alignment.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective possible assistance needed on your trip to help offer a protected as well as secure home to children as well as 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 aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, evaluating capacities, area as well as experience. We construct relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an experienced professional on hand to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the children as well as youngsters in care, by just selecting to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Shottenden and surrounding areas such as Perrywood, Great Bower, Dane Street, Selling, Chilham, Hogbens Hill, Molash, Neames Forstal, Mountain Street, Rhode Common.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info as well as assistance so that they can offer a excellent foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as find out from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our professional group that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in Shottenden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Shottenden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Shottenden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shottenden, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Eastbourne 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.