We are recruiting foster carers in Slough Hill and surrounding areas including: Colchester, Ipswich, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Harlow, Rayleigh, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Norwich, Stevenage, Shimpling Street, Shimpling, Audley End, Hanningfield Green & 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 Slough Hill 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 care for the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or until the child is an adult.
You might have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your house, yet normally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital condition, faith or sexual positioning.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which means we can supply you the very best possible support required on your trip to assist give a safe and also secure house to children and also young individuals in care.
Applicants 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 firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capacities, place and also experience. We build connections between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist handy to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the children and also young individuals in care, by only selecting to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we give to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we adhere to 6 core values:
We assist all of our potential foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Slough Hill and surrounding areas such as Shimpling Street, Shimpling, Audley End, Hanningfield Green, Lawshall Green, Hibbs Green, Hanningfields Green, Harrow Green, Alpheton, Hartest Hill.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training details and also support to ensure that they can give a superior foster care service and also make a real distinction to a child or young person in need. We likewise function to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Slough Hill and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Slough Hill or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Slough Hill please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Slough Hill, Colchester, Ipswich, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Harlow, Rayleigh, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Norwich, Stevenage 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.