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Find out More About Fostering in Sweethaws

We are recruiting foster carers in Sweethaws and surrounding areas including: Crawley, Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hove, Hastings, Maidstone, Worthing, Chatham, Dartford, Gillingham, Poundgate, Stone Cross, Whitehill, Burnt Oak & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Sweethaws

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Sweethaws area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

How much time you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or till the child is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to foster and function. Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to own your home, however typically, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.

Before you can foster you must pass an analysis to check that you're able to look after a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital standing, faith or sexual positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Sweethaws. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and have more than one decade of experience, which means we can offer you the most effective possible assistance needed on your journey to assist give a safe and secure and risk-free home to children and youths in care.

Candidates will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, examining capacities, location and experience. We build relationships in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced specialist handy to assist 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and welfare of the young adults and youths in care, by only picking to function with reliable Fostering Agencies along with the training and assistance we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core worths:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Sweethaws and surrounding areas such as Poundgate, Stone Cross, Whitehill, Burnt Oak, Alderbrook, Herons Ghyll, Blackness, High Hurstwood, Crowborough, Crowborough Warren.

Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training info and assistance to make sure that they can give a superior foster care service and make a actual distinction to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and pick up from their experience.

Even after you have taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist group that will certainly get on hand, 1 day a day, to address any inquiries you may have.

If you live in Sweethaws and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Sweethaws or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Sweethaws please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Sweethaws, Crawley, Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Hove, Hastings, Maidstone, Worthing, Chatham, Dartford, Gillingham 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.