We are recruiting foster carers in The Bridge and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Temple Hill, Dartford, Crossways, Dartford Marshes & 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 The Bridge 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:
How much time you look after the youngster relies on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You may have the ability to foster and work. Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not need to possess your house, however usually, you'll need to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to look after a youngster. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage status, religion or sexual orientation.
We have helped to position 100's of carers across the UK and have over ten years of experience, which means we can provide you the most effective possible support needed on your trip to help supply a secure and protected house to children and youths in care.
Candidates will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer looking to move fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, evaluating capabilities, place and experience. We build connections between carers and staff, and you'll have an seasoned expert accessible to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and welfare of the youngsters and youths in care, by just selecting to work with respectable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we supply to prospective foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core values:
We support all of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in The Bridge and surrounding areas such as Temple Hill, Dartford, Crossways, Dartford Marshes, New Town, Long Reach, Barnes Cray, Fleet-Downs, Purfleet, Stone.
All of our foster carers to-be receive extensive foster training information and support to make sure that they can supply a superior foster care service and make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We also work to connect our area of foster carers together - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and pick up from their experience.
Even after you have tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the complete support of our expert team who will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any kind of questions you may have.
If you live in The Bridge and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in The Bridge or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in The Bridge please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in The Bridge, Dartford, Basildon, Chatham, London, Gillingham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, 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.