We are recruiting foster carers in Surrex and surrounding areas including: Colchester, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Ipswich, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Harlow, Cambridge, Chatham, Dartford, Skye Green, Broad Green, East Gores, Salmons Corner & 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 Surrex 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 look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to numerous years, or until the child is an adult.
You may be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to have your house, yet usually, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to look after a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which indicates we can use you the very best feasible assistance required on your journey to help give a safe and secure and also safe house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering agency, assessing capacities, area and also experience. We develop relationships between carers and also team, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the young adults and also youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to work with respectable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we give to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core values:
We support every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Surrex and surrounding areas such as Skye Green, Broad Green, East Gores, Salmons Corner, Stocks Green, Coggeshall, Coggeshall Hamlet, Little Tey, Tilkey, Feering.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can give a top-notch foster treatment solution and also make a genuine difference to a child or young individual in need. We additionally work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also find out from their experience.
Also after you have actually taken on a foster child or young individual, you will have the full assistance of our professional team who will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of concerns you may have.
If you live in Surrex and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Surrex or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Surrex please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Surrex, Colchester, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Ipswich, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Harlow, Cambridge, Chatham, Dartford 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.