We are recruiting foster carers in Thanington and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harbledown, St Dunstans, Canterbury, Rough Common & 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 Thanington 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 youngster depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's circumstances as well as the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your house, however usually, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to examine that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marriage standing, faith or sexual positioning.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which means we can use you the very best feasible support required on your journey to assist provide a safe and secure as well as safe house to youngsters as well as youths in care.
Candidates will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer aiming to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, assessing abilities, area as well as experience. We construct relationships between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an experienced specialist accessible to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety as well as well-being of the children as well as youths in care, by just picking to function with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to 6 core values:
We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Thanington and surrounding areas such as Harbledown, St Dunstans, Canterbury, Rough Common, Upper Harbledown, Northgate, Nackington, St Stephens, Chartham, St Martins.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training details as well as support to ensure that they can provide a superior foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young person in need. We also function to connect our area of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as discover from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the full support of our specialist group that will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to respond to any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Thanington and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Thanington or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Thanington please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Thanington, Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.