KidsFirstFostering.com

Find out More About Fostering in Totham Plains

We are recruiting foster carers in Totham Plains and surrounding areas including: Colchester, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Ipswich, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Little Totham, Totham Hill, Tolleshunt Major, Tiptree Heath & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Totham Plains

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Totham Plains area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.

You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the child's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.

You do not require to have your house, however normally, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.

Before you can foster you should pass an evaluation to inspect that you're able to look after a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Totham Plains. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have assisted to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which suggests we can provide you the very best feasible assistance required on your trip to aid supply a risk-free and also protected house to children and also youths in care.

Applicants will be analyzed, 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 appropriate fostering company, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We build connections in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an seasoned specialist available to aid 24 hours a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also youths in care, by just choosing to work with reliable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to possible foster carers. To attain this, we stick to six core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Totham Plains and surrounding areas such as Little Totham, Totham Hill, Tolleshunt Major, Tiptree Heath, Great Braxted, Great Totham, Oxley Green, Beacon Hill, Tolleshunt Knights, Goldhanger.

All of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training information and also assistance so that they can supply a excellent foster care service and also make a actual difference to a child or young individual in need. We additionally work to connect our neighborhood of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also learn from their experience.

Also after you have handled a foster child or young individual, you will have the full assistance of our specialist group who will get on hand, 24 hours a day, to respond to any type of questions you might have.

If you live in Totham Plains and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Totham Plains or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Totham Plains please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Totham Plains, Colchester, Chelmsford, Rayleigh, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Ipswich, Harlow, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford and across the East of England.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.