We are recruiting foster carers in Sunderland and surrounding areas including: South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Mansfield, Ashbrooke, Bishopwearmouth, Hendon, Ayres Quay & 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 Sunderland 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 relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's circumstances as well as the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your home, but usually, you'll need to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to assist offer a secure as well as secure home to youngsters as well as youngsters in care.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, analyzing capabilities, location as well as experience. We construct relationships between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an seasoned professional accessible to assist 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety as well as welfare of the young adults as well as youngsters in care, by just selecting to collaborate with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To attain this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Sunderland and surrounding areas such as Ashbrooke, Bishopwearmouth, Hendon, Ayres Quay, Millfield, Hillview, Deptford, Monkwearmouth, Grangetown, High Barnes.
All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training info as well as assistance to ensure that they can offer a top-notch foster care solution as well as make a genuine difference to a youngster or young person in need. We also function to link our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories as well as gain from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the full assistance of our professional team that will be on hand, 24 hours a day, to respond to any concerns you might have.
If you live in Sunderland and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Sunderland or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Sunderland please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, 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.