We are recruiting foster carers in Whitburn and surrounding areas including: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln, South Bents, Seaburn, Fulwell, Cleadon & 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 Whitburn 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 long you care for the youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.
You may be able to work and also foster . Whether you can relies on the youngster's circumstances and also the fostering solution you use to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not need to own your house, however generally, you'll need to have a spare bedroom.
Before you can foster you must pass an assessment to inspect that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marriage condition, faith or sexual alignment.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which means we can use you the very best possible assistance required on your trip to aid offer a safe and also secure house to children and also youths in treatment.
Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your initial time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer aiming to transfer fostering firms. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, assessing capabilities, place and also experience. We develop connections in between carers and also staff, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist handy to aid 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will constantly prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also youths in treatment, by just choosing to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and also assistance we offer to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow 6 core values:
We support every one of our possible foster parents in their trip to ending up being foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Whitburn and surrounding areas such as South Bents, Seaburn, Fulwell, Cleadon, Roker, Cleadon Park, High Southwick, Carley Hill, Monkwearmouth, Witherwack.
All of our foster carers to-be receive considerable foster training info and also assistance so that they can offer a first-class foster treatment solution and also make a actual distinction to a youngster or young adult in need. We also work to attach our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster parent you will have the possibility to meet our existing carers, hear their foster treatment tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have taken on a foster youngster or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist group that will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any type of inquiries you may have.
If you live in Whitburn and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Whitburn or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Whitburn please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Whitburn, Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lincoln 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.