We are recruiting foster carers in The Lee and surrounding areas including: Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Forestburn Gate, Wingates, Healey Cote, Knocklaw & 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 Lee 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 care for the child depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to years, or till the child is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends upon the child's situations and also the fostering solution you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to have your residence, yet normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual alignment.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can use you the ideal possible support required on your trip to aid give a secure and also safe residence to children and also youths in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an seasoned foster carer looking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing capabilities, location and also experience. We build partnerships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an seasoned expert on hand to aid 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the young adults and also youths in treatment, by only picking to work with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by 6 core worths:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in The Lee and surrounding areas such as Forestburn Gate, Wingates, Healey Cote, Knocklaw, Whitton, Weldon, Rothbury, Nunnykirk, Longframlington, North End.
All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training details and also support so that they can give a first-rate foster treatment solution and also make a actual difference to a child or young adult in need. We additionally work to attach our community of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also discover from their experience.
Even after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our expert team that will certainly be on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any questions you might have.
If you live in The Lee and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in The Lee or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in The Lee please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in The Lee, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.