We are recruiting foster carers in Thatcham and surrounding areas including: Basingstoke, Reading, Bracknell, Oxford, High Wycombe, Slough, Eastleigh, Woking, Guildford, Southampton, Colthrop, Cold Ash, Ashmore Green, Upper Bucklebury & 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 Thatcham 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 sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or till the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to workand foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and the fostering solution you use to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to own your home, yet usually, you'll require to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital condition, religion or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and have over one decade of experience, which indicates we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance needed on your journey to assist provide a secure and safe home to youngsters and young people in care.
Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering company, analyzing capacities, location and experience. We construct connections in between carers and staff, and you'll have an knowledgeable specialist on hand to assist 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and well-being of the young adults and young people in care, by only selecting to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core values:
We support 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 Thatcham and surrounding areas such as Colthrop, Cold Ash, Ashmore Green, Upper Bucklebury, Hopgoods Green, Ham Marsh, Stone Copse, Bucklebury Alley, New Greenham Park, Goldfinch Bottom.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training information and assistance so that they can provide a excellent foster care solution and make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also function to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our specialist group that will certainly get on hand, 24 hours a day, to respond to any questions you may have.
If you live in Thatcham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Thatcham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Thatcham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Thatcham, Basingstoke, Reading, Bracknell, Oxford, High Wycombe, Slough, Eastleigh, Woking, Guildford, Southampton 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.