We are recruiting foster carers in Upper Postern and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Crawley, Hastings, Basildon, London, Southend-on-Sea, Eastbourne, Tudeley Hale, Tudeley, Hadlow Stair, Crockhurst Street & 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 Upper Postern 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:
Just how long you take care of the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to years, or till the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and also work. Whether you can depends upon the youngster's situations and also the fostering service you apply to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your home, but generally, you'll need to have a extra bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you should pass an evaluation to examine that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be examined on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have assisted to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than 10 years of experience, which implies we can supply you the most effective possible assistance required on your trip to help offer a secure and also risk-free home to children and also young people in care.
Applicants will be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer looking to transfer fostering firms. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, analyzing abilities, area and also experience. We build relationships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an experienced expert accessible to help 1 day a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young people in care, by only picking to deal with respectable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we offer to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core worths:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Upper Postern and surrounding areas such as Tudeley Hale, Tudeley, Hadlow Stair, Crockhurst Street, Parkers Green, Higham Wood, Cage Green, The Park, Tonbridge, Golden Green.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training details and also assistance so that they can offer a top-notch foster care service and also make a real difference to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you choose to be a foster parent you will have the opportunity to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the full assistance of our expert group who will get on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Upper Postern and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Upper Postern or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Upper Postern please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Upper Postern, Maidstone, Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Crawley, Hastings, Basildon, London, Southend-on-Sea, Eastbourne 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.