KidsFirstFostering.com

Find out More About Fostering in Southend

We are recruiting foster carers in Southend and surrounding areas including: Reading, Basingstoke, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Oxford, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Eastleigh, Watford, Tutts Clump, Beenham Stocks, Beenham, Stanford Dingley & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Southend

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Southend area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you look after the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to lots of years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.

You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's circumstances and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to own your house, but typically, you'll need to have a extra room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to look after a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Southend. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which implies we can offer you the very best feasible assistance required on your journey to help offer a safe and also safe house to children and also youths in treatment.

Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, analyzing abilities, place and also experience. We build connections between carers and also team, and also you'll have an skilled specialist available to help 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also well-being of the children and also youths in treatment, by only choosing to deal with reliable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

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 Southend and surrounding areas such as Tutts Clump, Beenham Stocks, Beenham, Stanford Dingley, Jennetts Hill, Chapel Row, Lower Padworth, Upper Woolhampton, Kiff Green, Parkers Corner.

Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info and also assistance to make sure that they can offer a superior foster treatment solution and also make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to attach our community of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also learn from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any inquiries you might 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, Reading, Basingstoke, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Oxford, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Eastleigh, Watford 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.