We are recruiting foster carers in Westbere and surrounding areas including: Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Hersden, Sturry, Fordwich, Calcott & 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 Westbere 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 care for the youngster depends upon the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the youngster's conditions and also the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to own your house, yet typically, you'll require to have a spare room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to care for a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnic background, sex, marital standing, religious beliefs or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have more than one decade of experience, which means we can provide you the best possible support required on your trip to help supply a secure and also safe house to children and also youngsters in treatment.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer looking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering company, analyzing capacities, location and also experience. We build relationships in between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an skilled professional on hand to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the security and also well-being of the youngsters and also youngsters in treatment, by only picking to function with credible Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also support we supply to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow six core values:
We assist every one of our prospective foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Westbere and surrounding areas such as Hersden, Sturry, Fordwich, Calcott, Stodmarsh, Broad Oak, Hicks Forstal, Knaves Ash, Scotland Hills, Hoath.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain considerable foster training info and also support so that they can supply a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a genuine difference to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise function to attach our area of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment stories and also pick up from their experience.
Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young individual, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team that will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of inquiries you might have.
If you live in Westbere and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Westbere or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Westbere please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Westbere, Southend-on-Sea, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Rayleigh, Basildon, Hastings, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester 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.