We are recruiting foster carers in Westham and surrounding areas including: Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley, Worthing, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford, Pevensey, Chilley Green, Jenkins Green, Pevensey Bay & 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 Westham 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:
How much time you take care of the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to lots of years, or till the child is an adult.
You may have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's situations and also the fostering service you put on. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to possess your house, however usually, you'll need to have a spare room.
Before you can foster you should pass an assessment to check that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will certainly not be evaluated on your age, ethnicity, gender, marital standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over one decade of experience, which implies we can offer you the finest possible support required on your journey to help offer a safe and secure and also safe house to youngsters and also young individuals in treatment.
Applicants will certainly be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing capacities, place and also experience. We develop partnerships in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional available to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly constantly prioritise the security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young individuals in treatment, by just choosing to function with reputable Fostering Agencies along with the training and also support we offer to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Westham and surrounding areas such as Pevensey, Chilley Green, Jenkins Green, Pevensey Bay, Langney, Crumbles, Hankham, Langney Village, Stone Cross, Blackness.
All of our foster carers to-be get extensive foster training details and also support so that they can offer a top-notch foster treatment service and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We also function to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the complete support of our professional team who will certainly be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any kind of concerns you may have.
If you live in Westham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Westham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Westham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Westham, Eastbourne, Hastings, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley, Worthing, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Dartford 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.