We are recruiting foster carers in Swanley and surrounding areas including: Dartford, London, Chatham, Basildon, Maidstone, Gillingham, Rayleigh, Crawley, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow, White Oak, Hockenden, Hextable, Crockenhill & 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 Swanley 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 depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to many years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and also work. Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to have your home, yet usually, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage condition, faith or sex-related orientation.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which implies we can offer you the most effective feasible support required on your trip to help provide a safe and also protected home to children and also youths in care.
Candidates will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, evaluating capacities, location and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an skilled professional accessible to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youths in care, by just selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core worths:
We support every one of our potential foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Swanley and surrounding areas such as White Oak, Hockenden, Hextable, Crockenhill, Stonehill Green, Swanley Village, Clement Street, Hulberry, Upper Ruxley, Kevingtown.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training info and also support so that they can provide a excellent foster care service and also make a actual difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and also find out from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full support of our professional team who will be on hand, 1 day a day, to address any type of questions you may have.
If you live in Swanley and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Swanley or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Swanley please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Swanley, Dartford, London, Chatham, Basildon, Maidstone, Gillingham, Rayleigh, Crawley, Southend-on-Sea, 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.