We are recruiting foster carers in St James and surrounding areas including: Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Peterborough, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Harlow, Lincoln, Southend-on-Sea, Coltishall, Horstead, Great Hautbois, Sco Ruston & 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 James 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:
For how long you take care of the youngster depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to own your home, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you need to pass an analysis to inspect that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sex-related positioning.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which means we can use you the very best possible support needed on your journey to help give a safe and also safe home to youngsters and also youngsters in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering firm, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We construct relationships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled professional handy to help 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youngsters in care, by only choosing to work with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we give to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we follow 6 core worths:
We assist all of our possible foster moms and dads in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in St James and surrounding areas such as Coltishall, Horstead, Great Hautbois, Sco Ruston, Heggatt Street, Belaugh, Tunstead, Little Hautbois, Scottow, Ashmanhaugh.
All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training information and also support to make sure that they can give a top-notch foster care service and also make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We also work to link our area of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our professional group that will certainly get on hand, 24 hours a day, to answer any type of questions you may have.
If you live in St James and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in St James or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in St James please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in St James, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Cambridge, Peterborough, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Harlow, Lincoln, Southend-on-Sea and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.