We are recruiting foster carers in South Ashford and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Dartford, Basildon, Eastbourne, Chelmsford, Beaver, New Town, Ashford, Barrow Hill & 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 South Ashford 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 much time you look after the youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you apply to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to own your house, yet typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an analysis to check that you have the ability to look after a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which means we can use you the ideal possible assistance required on your journey to help offer a risk-free and also secure house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, assessing abilities, area and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional on hand to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also welfare of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by just picking to work with reliable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core worths:
We support every one of our prospective foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in South Ashford and surrounding areas such as Beaver, New Town, Ashford, Barrow Hill, South Willesborough, Stanhope, Willesborough, Singleton, Bybrook, Willesborough Lees.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can offer a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our professional group that will get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any concerns you may have.
If you live in South Ashford and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in South Ashford or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in South Ashford please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in South Ashford, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Dartford, Basildon, Eastbourne, Chelmsford 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.