We are recruiting foster carers in St Lawrence and surrounding areas including: Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastleigh, Worthing, Basingstoke, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Guildford, Woking, Crawley, Whitwell, Nettlecombe, Steephill, Kingates & 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 Lawrence 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 depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the child is an adult.
You may be able to foster and work. Whether you can depends upon the child's situations and the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to have your residence, but normally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to look after a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, religion or sexual orientation.
We have helped to place 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can use you the best possible support needed on your journey to assist give a secure and safe and secure residence to children and young individuals in treatment.
Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, assessing capacities, area and experience. We construct partnerships in between carers and staff, and you'll have an experienced professional available to assist 24 hrs a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the security and welfare of the young adults and young individuals in treatment, by only selecting to deal with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training and support we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to six core worths:
We support every one of our potential foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in St Lawrence and surrounding areas such as Whitwell, Nettlecombe, Steephill, Kingates, The Orchard, Niton, Lowtherville, Bierley, Southford, Ventnor.
Every one of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training info and support to ensure that they can give a first-class foster treatment service and make a genuine distinction to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and learn from their experience.
Even after you have taken on a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete support of our professional team that will get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any concerns you may have.
If you live in St Lawrence and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in St Lawrence or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in St Lawrence please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in St Lawrence, Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastleigh, Worthing, Basingstoke, Hove, Brighton and Hove, Guildford, Woking, 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.