About Us

The Outcomes First Group is the leading children care provider of high quality education, care and foster care services supporting thousands of children and young people across the UK every day. Our vision is to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable people in the UK to be happy and have access to ample educational and personal development opportunities that will set them up for everything that they may want out of life. Together, we inspire trust, happiness and an infectious passion to accomplish this vision. To this end, we look for people who share our values and aspirations; dedicated and committed individuals who are highly focused on creating positive outcomes for the children, young people and adults in our care. We know that the nature of our work can be challenging at times, as well as hugely rewarding, so we equip our teams with the skills and knowledge to feel confident in dealing with all manner of situations and how best to practically manage these experiences. Through ongoing support, training and development, we ensure our staff are well prepared for their jobs and are given every opportunity to extend their abilities. We offer great opportunities for those who wish to develop a career within the Outcomes First Group and also want to help children and young people build incredible futures. We pride ourselves on creating a workplace within our schools, homes, fostering agencies and central services offices, where every member of staff feels valued and respected, as well as being adequately challenged to develop and succeed in their role. Our divisional brands include National Fostering Group, Options Autism and Acorn Education & Care. We are part of the National Fostering Group – the UK’s largest independent fostering family. Our highly skilled and dedicated fostering community supports Local Authorities by providing short or long-term foster placements for thousands of vulnerable children and teenagers throughout the UK. With 100% of our 26 regional fostering agencies officially recognized by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’, it is perhaps not surprising that more people choose to foster with our fostering agencies than any other fostering provider in the UK. Heath Farm Fostering is based in Kent and covers the South East region. Our most recent Ofsted Inspection reported our agency as outstanding.