We are recruiting foster carers in Woodham Ferrers and surrounding areas including: Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Colchester, Gillingham, Dartford, Harlow, Maidstone, Bicknacre, East Hanningfield, South Woodham Ferrers, Rettendon & 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 Woodham Ferrers 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:
Just how long you take care of the child depends on the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one evening to several years, or up until the child is an grown-up.
You might have the ability to work and also foster . Whether you can depends on the child's scenarios and also the fostering service you relate to. This can be your neighborhood council or an independent fostering firm.
You do not require to possess your house, but normally, you'll require to have a spare bedroom.
Prior to you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to examine that you have the ability to take care of a child. You will not be evaluated on your age, ethnic culture, gender, marital status, faith or sexual preference.
We have helped to put 100's of carers across the UK and also have over 10 years of experience, which means we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your trip to help supply a risk-free and also secure house to children and also young people in care.
Applicants will be evaluated, whether it's your very first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer wanting to transfer fostering agencies. We utilize our years of experience to match you with the right fostering firm, assessing abilities, location and also experience. We build relationships between carers and also personnel, and also you'll have an knowledgeable professional available to help 24 hr a day.
At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the safety and security and also welfare of the youngsters and also young people in care, by only selecting to deal with reputable Fostering Agencies as well as the training and also assistance we supply to potential foster carers. To accomplish this, we comply with six core values:
We assist all of our possible foster parents in their trip to coming to be foster carers.
We urgently need more foster carers in Woodham Ferrers and surrounding areas such as Bicknacre, East Hanningfield, South Woodham Ferrers, Rettendon, Stow Maries, Hyde Chase, Cock Clarks, Great Canney, Great Claydons, Gay Bowers.
All of our foster carers to-be obtain comprehensive foster training details and also assistance so that they can supply a first-rate foster care service and also make a genuine distinction to a child or young person in need. We also function to attach our community of foster carers with each other - if you determine to be a foster moms and dad you will have the chance to consult with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales and also gain from their experience.
Also after you have handled a foster child or young person, you will have the complete assistance of our professional team that will be on hand, 24 hr a day, to answer any kind of concerns you might have.
If you live in Woodham Ferrers and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Woodham Ferrers or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Woodham Ferrers please complete the form near the top of this page.
We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Woodham Ferrers, Rayleigh, Chelmsford, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Colchester, Gillingham, Dartford, Harlow, Maidstone and across the East of England.
If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.