We are recruiting foster carers in Smarden and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley, Tylden, Haffenden Quarter, Monks Hill, Smarden Bell & 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 Smarden 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:
How long you look after the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions and also the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your home, however usually, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to look after a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which means we can offer you the ideal feasible assistance needed on your journey to aid provide a protected and also safe home to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capacities, area and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an seasoned professional on hand to aid 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youngsters in treatment, by only selecting to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we provide to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we follow 6 core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Smarden and surrounding areas such as Tylden, Haffenden Quarter, Monks Hill, Smarden Bell, Biddenden Green, The Quarter, Swifts Green, Maltmans Hill, Tuesnoad, Standen.
All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training details and also assistance so that they can provide a excellent foster treatment solution and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We also work to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our professional group that will be on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Smarden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Smarden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Smarden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Smarden, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley 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.