We are recruiting foster carers in Sittingbourne and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, London, Chalkwell, Milton Regis, Murston, Snipeshill & 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 Sittingbourne 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 child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the child is an adult.
You may have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you apply to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your house, yet generally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, faith or sexual alignment.
We have assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best feasible assistance required on your trip to help offer a protected as well as secure house to youngsters as well as youths in care.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, analyzing capacities, area as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional handy to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as youths in care, by just choosing to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we abide by six core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Sittingbourne and surrounding areas such as Chalkwell, Milton Regis, Murston, Snipeshill, Grove Park, Tunstall, Harmans Corner, Borden, Highsted, Key Street.
All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training info as well as assistance so that they can offer a first-rate foster care service as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as find out from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our professional group who will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Sittingbourne and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Sittingbourne or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Sittingbourne please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Sittingbourne, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hastings, London 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.