We are recruiting foster carers in Whitehill and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, Chelmsford, Colchester, Painters Forstal, Plumford, Ospringe, Copton & 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 Whitehill 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 youngster relies on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or up until the youngster is an grown-up.
You might be able to foster and function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's circumstances and the fostering service you apply to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering agency.
You do not require to possess your home, but normally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you must pass an assessment to check that you're able to take care of a youngster. You will certainly not be examined on your age, ethnicity, sex, marriage standing, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to position 100's of carers across the UK and have more than 10 years of experience, which suggests we can use you the very best possible support required on your trip to help give a secure and risk-free home to children and young individuals in care.
Candidates will certainly be examined, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer seeking to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering agency, evaluating abilities, place and experience. We develop partnerships between carers and personnel, and you'll have an skilled professional accessible to help 24 hours a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security and well-being of the young adults and young individuals in care, by just choosing to function with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and support we give to prospective foster carers. To attain this, we stick to 6 core values:
We support all of our prospective foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Whitehill and surrounding areas such as Painters Forstal, Plumford, Ospringe, Copton, Selgrove, North Street, Preston, Faversham, Davington, Wilgate Green.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain substantial foster training info and support so that they can give a excellent foster care service and make a real difference to a youngster or young person in need. We also function to link our area of foster carers together - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will certainly have the opportunity to satisfy with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and pick up from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster youngster or young person, you will certainly have the full support of our professional team who will certainly be on hand, 24 hours a day, to answer any inquiries you might have.
If you live in Whitehill and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Whitehill or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Whitehill please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Whitehill, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Southend-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Hastings, 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.