We are recruiting foster carers in St Dunstans and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Canterbury, St Stephens, Hales Place, Northgate & 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 St Dunstans 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 care for the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to own your home, but typically, you'll need to have a extra room.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital standing, religion or sex-related orientation.
We have assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have more than one decade of experience, which means we can supply you the very best possible assistance required on your journey to aid provide a secure as well as safe and secure home to youngsters as well as young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, analyzing capabilities, location as well as experience. We construct connections between carers as well as team, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable specialist accessible to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the youngsters as well as young individuals in treatment, by just choosing to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies in addition to the training as well as assistance we provide to possible foster carers. To attain this, we follow six core values:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in St Dunstans and surrounding areas such as Canterbury, St Stephens, Hales Place, Northgate, Harbledown, Rough Common, St Martins, Thanington, Tyler Hill, Upper Harbledown.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training information as well as assistance to ensure that they can provide a first-class foster treatment service as well as make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories as well as discover from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist team that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in St Dunstans and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in St Dunstans or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in St Dunstans please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in St Dunstans, Gillingham, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.