We are recruiting foster carers in South Street and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Colchester, Crouch, Oversland, Neames Forstal, Hickmans 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 South Street 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:
Exactly how long you take care of the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to numerous years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's situations and also the fostering service you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, however usually, you'll require to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can use you the very best possible assistance needed on your journey to aid give a safe and also risk-free home to youngsters and also young individuals in care.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, analyzing capacities, area and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced expert available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young individuals in care, by only choosing to collaborate with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we give to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core values:
We assist all of our possible foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in South Street and surrounding areas such as Crouch, Oversland, Neames Forstal, Hickmans Green, Winterbourne, Gushmere, Rhode Common, Boughton Under Blean, Boughton Street, Horselees.
All of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training information and also assistance to make sure that they can give a top-notch foster care service and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our expert group who will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.
If you live in South Street and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in South Street or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in South Street please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in South Street, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.