We are recruiting foster carers in Winchelsea and surrounding areas including: Hastings, Eastbourne, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea, Winchelsea Beach, Cock Marling, Icklesham, Udimore & 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 Winchelsea 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:
The length of time you care for the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or until the child is an grown-up.
You may have the ability to foster and also function. Whether you can depends upon the child's conditions and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering company.
You do not require to possess your house, but generally, you'll require to have a extra bed room.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an assessment to check that you're able to care for a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital condition, faith or sexual preference.
We have actually aided to place 100's of carers throughout the UK and also have over ten years of experience, which means we can use you the most effective possible assistance required on your trip to help give a safe and also secure house to children and also youths in care.
Candidates will be examined, whether it's your very first 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 right fostering company, assessing capacities, place and also experience. We develop connections in between carers and also team, and also you'll have an knowledgeable specialist handy to help 24-hour a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security and also welfare of the young adults and also youths in care, by just picking to function with trustworthy Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we give to possible foster carers. To attain this, we stick to six core values:
We assist every one of our potential foster moms and dads in their trip to becoming foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Winchelsea and surrounding areas such as Winchelsea Beach, Cock Marling, Icklesham, Udimore, Rye, Rye Harbour, Broad Street, Pett Level, Pett, Cliff End.
Every one of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training information and also assistance to ensure that they can give a first-class foster care service and also make a genuine difference to a child or young adult in need. We likewise function to link our neighborhood of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will have the possibility to meet with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also gain from their experience.
Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young adult, you will have the complete assistance of our specialist team who will be on hand, 24-hour a day, to address any questions you may have.
If you live in Winchelsea and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Winchelsea or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Winchelsea please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Brighton and Hove, Hove, Crawley, Dartford, Southend-on-Sea 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.