We are recruiting foster carers in Upstreet and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Hollow Street, Chislet, Grove, Chitty & 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 Upstreet 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:
For how long you take care of the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one evening to several years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the child's scenarios and also the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering company.
You do not need to possess your house, however normally, you'll need to have a spare bed room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an analysis to check that you're able to take care of a child. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which means we can provide you the finest possible support required on your trip to assist provide a safe and also risk-free house to youngsters and also youths in care.
Candidates will be analyzed, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the best fostering company, assessing abilities, location and also experience. We build partnerships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled specialist on hand to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the security and also well-being of the children and also youths in care, by only selecting to function with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we provide to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to six core worths:
We assist every one of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Upstreet and surrounding areas such as Hollow Street, Chislet, Grove, Chitty, Chislet Forstal, Boyden Gate, Old Tree, Hersden, West Stourmouth, Hoath.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training information and also support to make sure that they can provide a superior foster care solution and also make a actual difference to a child or young adult in need. We additionally function to connect our area of foster carers together - if you make a decision to be a foster parent you will have the chance to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually tackled a foster child or young adult, you will have the full support of our specialist group who will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of questions you might have.
If you live in Upstreet and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Upstreet or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Upstreet please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Upstreet, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Chatham, Maidstone, Rayleigh, Basildon, Colchester, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford 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.