We are recruiting foster carers in Stargate and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Crookhill, Hedgefield, Ryton, Stella & 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 Stargate 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 look after the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your house, yet generally, you'll need to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to check that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, faith or sexual preference.
We have helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which means we can use you the very best possible support needed on your journey to aid offer a secure and also safe house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, evaluating capacities, location and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an seasoned expert available to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also welfare of the youngsters and also youngsters in treatment, by only picking to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we offer to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six 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 Stargate and surrounding areas such as Crookhill, Hedgefield, Ryton, Stella, Blaydon Burn, Ryton Woodside, Folly, Newburn, Bar Moor, Winlaton.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training info and also support to ensure that they can offer a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young person in need. We additionally function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also pick up from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our expert group who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any concerns you might have.
If you live in Stargate and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Stargate or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Stargate please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Stargate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.
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