We are recruiting foster carers in Stone and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Crossways, Swanscombe & 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 Stone 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 care for the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster as well as work. Whether you can depends on the child's conditions as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to possess your residence, but typically, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to inspect that you have the ability to care for a child. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.
We have helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than 10 years of experience, which means we can offer you the most effective possible support needed on your trip to aid provide a safe as well as secure residence to children as well as young people in care.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, examining capacities, location as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an experienced expert on hand to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety as well as welfare of the young adults as well as young people in care, by just choosing to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training as well as support we provide to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Stone and surrounding areas such as Bluewater, Greenhithe, Crossways, Swanscombe, Darenth Valley, Dartford, Knockhall, Fleet-Downs, New Town, Bean.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training information as well as support to ensure that they can provide a first-rate foster care service as well as make a genuine distinction to a child or young individual in need. We also work to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as pick up from their experience.
Also after you have tackled a foster child or young individual, you will have the full support of our expert team who will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Stone and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Stone or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Stone please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Stone, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, Gillingham, London, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow 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.