We are recruiting foster carers in Whickham and surrounding areas including: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Beechgrove, Swalwell, Fellside, Axwell Park & 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 Whickham 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 youngster depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to many years, or up until the youngster is an adult.
You might have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends on the youngster's conditions as well as the fostering solution you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, but usually, you'll require to have a spare bed room.
Before you can foster you need to pass an assessment to examine that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marriage condition, religion or sex-related alignment.
We have actually assisted to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over one decade of experience, which implies we can supply you the very best feasible support needed on your trip to help supply a protected as well as risk-free home to children as well as young people in care.
Applicants will be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer seeking to transfer fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the appropriate fostering agency, analyzing capabilities, area as well as experience. We build connections in between carers as well as personnel, as well as you'll have an experienced expert accessible to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the children as well as young people in care, by only selecting to collaborate with trusted Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as support we supply to prospective foster carers. To accomplish this, we adhere to six core worths:
We support all of our potential foster parents in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Whickham and surrounding areas such as Beechgrove, Swalwell, Fellside, Axwell Park, Derwent Haugh, Dunston Hill, Whickham Fell, Dunston, Winlaton Mill, Paradise.
Every one of our foster carers to-be get substantial foster training info as well as support to ensure that they can supply a top-notch foster care solution as well as make a real distinction to a youngster or young individual in need. We likewise function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster parent you will have the chance to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as find out from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young individual, you will have the complete support of our expert group who will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of concerns you might have.
If you live in Whickham and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Whickham or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Whickham please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Whickham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, Mansfield and across the North East.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.