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Find out More About Fostering in Whitley

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

Find Out More About Fostering

In Whitley

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 Whitley 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

Exactly how long you look after the child depends on the kind of foster caretreatment. It can range from one night to many years, or until the child is an adult.

You might have the ability to foster as well as function. Whether you can depends on the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you put on. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not need to have your home, but normally, you'll need to have a spare room.

Before you can foster you have to pass an assessment to examine that you have the ability to look after a child. You will certainly not be analyzed on your age, ethnic culture, sex, marital status, religion or sex-related positioning.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Whitley. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually helped to put 100's of carers throughout the UK as well as have more than ten years of experience, which suggests we can provide you the best possible assistance needed on your journey to aid give a secure as well as safe home to children as well as youngsters in care.

Candidates will certainly be analyzed, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an skilled foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing capacities, place as well as experience. We build relationships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an skilled expert handy to aid 1 day a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will certainly always prioritise the safety and security as well as well-being of the young adults as well as youngsters in care, by just selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we give to possible foster carers. To accomplish this, we follow 6 core values:

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

Fostering Support

We assist every one of our possible foster parents in their journey to ending up being foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Whitley and surrounding areas such as Whitley Wood, The Mount, Earley, Whiteknights, Coley, Great Lea Common, Reading, Three Mile Cross, New Town, Shinfield.

Every one of our foster carers to-be receive comprehensive foster training information as well as assistance to ensure that they can give a first-rate foster care service as well as make a real distinction to a child or young person in need. We likewise function to link our area of foster carers together - if you decide 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 pick up from their experience.

Even after you have actually taken on a foster child or young person, you will certainly have the complete assistance of our expert group that will certainly be on hand, 1 day a day, to answer any type of questions you might have.

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

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Whitley, 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.