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Find out More About Fostering in Walthams Cross

We are recruiting foster carers in Walthams Cross and surrounding areas including: Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Cambridge, Rayleigh, Basildon, Stevenage, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich, Dartford, Wethersfield, Bridge End, Great Bardfield, Sand Hill & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Walthams Cross

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 Walthams Cross 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

How much time you take care of the child relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to years, or up until the child is an adult.

You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the child's situations and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.

You do not need to possess your home, but normally, you'll need to have a spare room.

Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to check that you're able to take care of a child. You will certainly not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, sex, marriage condition, religion or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Walthams Cross. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have aided to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can use you the ideal feasible assistance needed on your journey to aid offer a protected and also safe home to youngsters and also young individuals in treatment.

Applicants will certainly be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer looking to transfer fostering companies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, analyzing capacities, location and also experience. We build relationships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist on hand to aid 24 hr a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the safety and also well-being of the youngsters and also young individuals in treatment, by just selecting to collaborate with reputable Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To attain this, we abide by six core worths:

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

Fostering Support

We support every one of our possible foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Walthams Cross and surrounding areas such as Wethersfield, Bridge End, Great Bardfield, Sand Hill, Finchingfield, Duck End, Shalford, Mill End, Little Bardfield, Oxen End.

All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training info and also assistance to make sure that they can offer a first-rate foster treatment service and also make a actual difference to a child or young adult in need. We likewise 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 fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also find out from their experience.

Also after you have handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our specialist team that will certainly get on hand, 24 hr a day, to respond to any type of questions you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Walthams Cross, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Cambridge, Rayleigh, Basildon, Stevenage, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich, 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.