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Find out More About Fostering in Waterman Quarter

We are recruiting foster carers in Waterman Quarter and surrounding areas including: Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Crawley, Headcorn, Lashenden, Buckhurst, Sinkhurst Green & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Waterman Quarter

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 Waterman Quarter 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 long you take care of the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's conditions and also the fostering solution you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.

You do not need to own your home, however typically, you'll need to have a spare bed room.

Prior to you can foster you need to pass an analysis to examine that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage standing, faith or sex-related orientation.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Waterman Quarter. 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 over one decade of experience, which suggests we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to help provide a safe and secure and also risk-free home to children and also youngsters in treatment.

Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to move fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering company, evaluating capabilities, place and also experience. We develop connections in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional available to help 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and also well-being of the children and also youngsters in treatment, by only choosing to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies along with the training and also assistance we provide to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to 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 parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Waterman Quarter and surrounding areas such as Headcorn, Lashenden, Buckhurst, Sinkhurst Green, Frittenden, Grigg, Hareplain, Standen, Smarden Bell, Monks Hill.

All of our foster carers to-be receive substantial foster training details and also assistance to ensure that they can provide a top-notch foster treatment solution and also make a genuine distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We likewise function to connect our area of foster carers together - if you choose to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the possibility to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.

Also after you have tackled a foster youngster or young adult, you will certainly have the full assistance of our professional group who will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any kind of concerns you may have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Waterman Quarter, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Rayleigh, Eastbourne, Crawley 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.