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Find out More About Fostering in Southwick

We are recruiting foster carers in Southwick and surrounding areas including: Portsmouth, Eastleigh, Southampton, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Woking, Reading, Bracknell, Hove, Walton Heath, Boarhunt, Hipley, Worlds End & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Southwick

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 Southwick 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 care for the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or up until the youngster is an adult.

You might be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's scenarios as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.

You do not require to have your residence, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra room.

Prior to you can foster you should pass an analysis to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sex-related positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Southwick. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which means we can provide you the very best possible support needed on your journey to help provide a safe as well as secure residence to youngsters as well as young people in care.

Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, examining abilities, place as well as experience. We build partnerships between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist accessible to help 24 hours a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security as well as welfare of the youngsters as well as young people in care, by only choosing to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We support all of our potential foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Southwick and surrounding areas such as Walton Heath, Boarhunt, Hipley, Worlds End, Paulsgrove, North Boarhunt, Portchester, Port Solent, Furzeley Corner, Mellishes Bottom.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can provide a superior foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young individual in need. We additionally work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility 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 individual, you will have the complete support of our specialist team who will be on hand, 24 hours a day, to address any questions you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Southwick, Portsmouth, Eastleigh, Southampton, Basingstoke, Worthing, Guildford, Woking, Reading, Bracknell, Hove 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.