We are recruiting foster carers in The Pound and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Maidstone, Crawley, Gillingham, Chatham, Worthing, Dartford, Brownbread Street, Ponts Green, Hazards Green, Ashburnham Forge & 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 Pound 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 take care of the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to numerous years, or till the youngster is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations and also the fostering solution you put on. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, yet generally, you'll require to have a extra room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to examine that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which indicates we can use you the most effective feasible support needed on your journey to help supply a secure and also risk-free home to children and also young people in treatment.
Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to move fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering agency, evaluating capacities, place and also experience. We construct connections between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist available to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also well-being of the children and also young people in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also support we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to six core values:
We assist all of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in The Pound and surrounding areas such as Brownbread Street, Ponts Green, Hazards Green, Ashburnham Forge, Penhurst, Ninfield, Bodle Street Green, Catsfield Stream, Russells Green, Boreham Street.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training information and also support so that they can supply a first-rate foster treatment solution and also make a real distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also function to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete support of our specialist team who will get on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any concerns you might have.
If you live in The Pound and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in The Pound or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in The Pound please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in The Pound, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Maidstone, Crawley, Gillingham, Chatham, Worthing, Dartford 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.