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Find out More About Fostering in Shuttlewood

We are recruiting foster carers in Shuttlewood and surrounding areas including: Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Tamworth, Nuneaton, Walsall, Bolsover Woodhouse, Oxcroft Estate, Stanfree, Oxcroft & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Shuttlewood

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 Shuttlewood 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

For how long you take care of the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to possess your house, yet usually, you'll require to have a spare bed room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage status, religion or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Shuttlewood. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the finest feasible assistance required on your trip to assist provide a safe and secure and also risk-free house to children and also young people in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining capabilities, area and also experience. We construct relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled professional accessible to assist 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the young adults and also young people in treatment, by just choosing to deal with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We support all of our prospective foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Shuttlewood and surrounding areas such as Bolsover Woodhouse, Oxcroft Estate, Stanfree, Oxcroft, Limekiln Field, Duckmanton, New Bolsover, Poolsbrook, Woodthorpe, Bolsover.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training information and also assistance so that they can provide a first-class foster treatment solution and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also learn from their experience.

Even after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our professional team that will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Shuttlewood, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Tamworth, Nuneaton, Walsall and across the East Midlands.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.