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How To Become A Foster Parent In The UK

How To Become A Foster Parent in the UK

As an Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) based in Essex, we have shared the steps our team take to support people in becoming foster parents. Click here to read our 6 steps.
Foster Parents UK Managing Stress

Stress Awareness Day: Stress-Reducing Tips for Foster Parents UK

We understand that being a parent is one of the most stressful (yet rewarding) jobs out there. Our Lead Therapist, Aly, has pulled together her top tips on how to reduce stress.
ALT TEXT Supporting Children’s Mental Health By Fostering In Essex

World Mental Health Day: Supporting Children’s Mental Health By Fostering In the UK

While not every child in care will suffer from mental health issues, there are many who will. That’s why access to therapists and mental healthcare is extremely important in fostering. Read about our mental health approach and support here.
Black History Month Culture Therapeutic Foster Parents

Black History Month: Celebrating Culture As A Therapeutic Foster Parent

This month is designed to remember both important people and events in the history of the Black community in the West. Here at Mosaic Foster Care, equality, diversity, and inclusion is central to our beliefs as an organisation. Read more about equality within Mosaic here.
Mosaic Foster Care National Commissioning Conference

National Commissioning Conference 2021

Read about our Director Andre’s experience at the National Commissioning Conference 2021.
Independent Fostering Agency in Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire

3 Tips for Fostering Children with Autism From an Independent Fostering Agency

As the director of a local therapeutic foster care provider, I have seen a large intake of children with autism over my twenty-year career. Read about Director Andre’s 3 tips for fostering children with autism here.
Resilience Written on Colourful Stones To Represent Resilient Foster Parents in Essex and Suffolk

Resilience in Foster Carers - The Fostering Network article with Mosaic Foster Care

Check out this article on Resilience in Foster Carers that featured our Registered Manager Greg de Smidt, in a Fostering Network blog.
Father and Daughter Lying On Bed Reading Story to Represent Therapeutic Parent

What is Therapeutic Parenting?

Someone asked me this week to describe what Therapeutic Parenting is and I thought long and hard about the answer. Read our Therapeutic Lead, Aly’s blog entry on Therapeutic Parenting.
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The Benefits of Embedding Reflective Practice For Foster Carers

Reflective Practice for foster carers is integrated into the core of all that we do at Mosaic Foster Care. Click to read an article from The Mulberry Bush School on why reflective practice is important.
Mosaic Foster Care is a Private Ltd Company (reg no 07133494) providing fostering placements for children and young people to age 18.
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