We are recruiting foster carers in South Stour and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Dartford, Basildon, Chelmsford, Broad Oak, Chequertree, Bliby, The Forstal & 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 Stour 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 care for the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and work. Whether you can relies on the child's situations and the fostering solution you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your house, yet normally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to care for a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the most effective feasible assistance needed on your trip to assist offer a secure and secure house to children and young people in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, examining capacities, location and experience. We construct partnerships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced expert on hand to assist 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and welfare of the children and young people in treatment, by just selecting to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies as well as the training and assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in South Stour and surrounding areas such as Broad Oak, Chequertree, Bliby, The Forstal, Aldington Frith, Stone Cross, Mersham, Rowling Street, Sevington, Clap Hill.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info and assistance so that they can offer a excellent foster treatment solution and make a real difference to a child or young person in need. We likewise work to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and gain from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert team who will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to respond to any type of questions you might have.
If you live in South Stour and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in South Stour or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in South Stour please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in South Stour, Maidstone, Hastings, Gillingham, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Dartford, Basildon, 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.