KidsFirstFostering.com

Find out More About Fostering in Whiteknights

We are recruiting foster carers in Whiteknights and surrounding areas including: Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, High Wycombe, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, The Mount, New Town, Earley, Whitley & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Whiteknights

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Whiteknights area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

How long you care for the youngster relies on the type of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to several years, or until the youngster is an grown-up.

You may be able to foster and function. Whether you can relies on the youngster's situations and the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to have your residence, yet usually, you'll need to have a extra room.

Before you can foster you have to pass an analysis to check that you're able to care for a youngster. You will not be assessed on your age, ethnic background, gender, marriage standing, religious beliefs or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Whiteknights. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to position 100's of carers throughout the UK and have over ten years of experience, which indicates we can offer you the most effective possible support needed on your journey to assist give a secure and risk-free residence to children and youths in care.

Candidates will be assessed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an experienced foster carer wanting to move fostering companies. We use our years of experience to match you with the best fostering firm, evaluating capabilities, location and experience. We construct connections in between carers and personnel, and you'll have an experienced specialist on hand to assist 24 hrs a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and well-being of the children and youths in care, by only selecting to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies in addition to the training and support we give to possible foster carers. To achieve this, we follow six core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Whiteknights and surrounding areas such as The Mount, New Town, Earley, Whitley, Reading, Coley, Lower Caversham, Woodley, Lower Earley, Caversham.

All of our foster carers to-be get comprehensive foster training info and support so that they can give a top-notch 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 with each other - if you make a decision to be a foster moms and dad you will have the chance to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care stories and gain from their experience.

Also after you have actually tackled a foster youngster or young person, you will have the complete support of our specialist group who will get on hand, 24 hrs a day, to address any questions you may have.

If you live in Whiteknights and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Whiteknights or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Whiteknights please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Whiteknights, Reading, Bracknell, Basingstoke, High Wycombe, Slough, Woking, Guildford, Oxford, Watford, Hemel Hempstead 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.