We are recruiting foster carers in Southernden and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley, Swifts Green, Grigg, Broadstone, Eastwood & 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 Southernden 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 much time you look after the child relies on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You may be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can relies on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your residence, but generally, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which implies we can supply you the most effective feasible support needed on your journey to assist supply a secure as well as protected residence to children as well as youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, assessing abilities, location as well as experience. We develop relationships between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an seasoned expert handy to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the children as well as youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as support we supply to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We assist all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Southernden and surrounding areas such as Swifts Green, Grigg, Broadstone, Eastwood, Grafty Green, Potters Forstal, The Quarter, Pye Corner, Pembles Cross, Egerton Forstal.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training info as well as support to make sure that they can supply a excellent foster treatment service as well as make a actual distinction to a child or young individual in need. We additionally work to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales as well as pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster child or young individual, you will certainly have the complete support of our expert team that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any concerns you may have.
If you live in Southernden and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Southernden or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Southernden please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Southernden, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Southend-on-Sea, Dartford, Rayleigh, Basildon, Eastbourne, Crawley 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.