We are recruiting foster carers in Westwood and surrounding areas including: Dartford, Chatham, Gillingham, Basildon, Maidstone, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow, Whitehill, Hook Green, Grubb Street, Betsham & 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 Westwood 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 vary from one night to lots of years, or till the child is an adult.
You might be able to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you use to. This can be your regional council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your residence, yet normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you have to pass an assessment to check that you're able to take care of a child. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually helped to put 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over ten years of experience, which suggests we can supply you the most effective possible support required on your journey to assist provide a risk-free as well as safe residence to youngsters as well as young individuals in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to move fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, examining abilities, location as well as experience. We develop partnerships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional accessible to assist 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety as well as welfare of the young adults as well as young individuals in care, by just picking to deal with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we provide to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we stick to six core values:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Westwood and surrounding areas such as Whitehill, Hook Green, Grubb Street, Betsham, Green Street Green, Southfleet, Bean, Stonewood, New Barn, Hartley.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get considerable foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can provide a first-class foster care service as well as make a real difference to a child or young adult in need. We also work to link our community of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster parent you will certainly have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as learn from their experience.
Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young adult, you will certainly have the full support of our professional group that will certainly get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Westwood and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Westwood or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Westwood please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Westwood, Dartford, Chatham, Gillingham, Basildon, Maidstone, Rayleigh, London, Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Harlow 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.