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 Southend 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:
The length of time you take care of the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to many years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster as well as work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to own your home, however generally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to check that you have the ability to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage status, religious beliefs or sex-related orientation.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which implies we can use you the most effective feasible support needed on your trip to assist give a risk-free as well as safe and secure home to children as well as youngsters in care.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, area as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an seasoned specialist handy to assist 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security as well as welfare of the young adults as well as youngsters in care, by only selecting to collaborate with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we give to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core worths:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Southend and surrounding areas such as Bellingham, Downham, Bell Green, Catford, Plaistow, Bromley Park, New Beckenham, Hither Green, Lower Sydenham, Beckenham.
All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training details as well as support to make sure that they can give a top-notch foster care solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise work to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our specialist group who will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Southend and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Southend or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Southend please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Southend, London, Dartford, Basildon, Watford, Crawley, Chatham, Harlow, Woking, Maidstone, Slough and across the London.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.