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Find out More About Fostering in Southern Cross

We are recruiting foster carers in Southern Cross and surrounding areas including: Hove, Brighton and Hove, Worthing, Crawley, Eastbourne, Guildford, Hastings, Woking, Portsmouth, Maidstone, Portslade Village, Portslade-by-Sea, Southwick, Hangleton & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Southern Cross

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 Southern Cross 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 child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or till the child is an grown-up.

You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.

You do not need to possess your house, but normally, you'll need to have a spare room.

Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage status, faith or sex-related alignment.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Southern Cross. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can provide you the finest feasible assistance required on your trip to help provide a risk-free as well as protected house to youngsters as well as youngsters in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, evaluating abilities, location as well as experience. We build connections in between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an skilled expert accessible to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security as well as well-being of the young adults as well as youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to deal with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we follow six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We assist all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Southern Cross and surrounding areas such as Portslade Village, Portslade-by-Sea, Southwick, Hangleton, Mile Oak, Aldrington, West Blatchington, Kingston by Sea, Hove, Shoreham Beach.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details as well as assistance to make sure that they can provide a excellent foster treatment solution as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to connect our community of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as pick up from their experience.

Also after you have actually tackled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our expert group who will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any questions you might have.

If you live in Southern Cross and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Southern Cross or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Southern Cross please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Southern Cross, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Worthing, Crawley, Eastbourne, Guildford, Hastings, Woking, Portsmouth, Maidstone 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.