Posts Tagged ‘therapeutic parenting’
How To Choose The Right Fostering Agency
Starting your fostering journey is a life-changing decision, and understanding how to choose the right fostering agency is essential to its success. While fostering is often portrayed as heartwarming and rewarding, the reality involves complex emotional and practical challenges that can be overwhelming without the right support. At Mosaic Foster Care, we know that fostering…
Read MoreWhat is “Skills to Foster” training?
As part of the assessment process to become a foster parent you are required to attend a 3-day training course called Skills to Foster. It is a pre-approval preparation course to give you a deeper understanding of fostering, to provide you with information about the skills and abilities needed, how it will impact your life…
Read MoreIntroducing Our Fostering Panel
What is the fostering panel? After you have applied and had all of your checks done you will be invited to what is known as the panel. This is a group of individuals who will take a look at your whole portfolio and ask you questions about why you want to be a foster parent…
Read MoreWhy Do We Need Foster Parents?
Question: Why do we need foster parents? Answer: Every 20 minutes a child comes into care needing a foster family So why exactly do we need foster parents? The fostering network reports that: Over 70,000 children live with almost 56,000 foster families across the UK each day. This is nearly three-quarters of 97,000 children in care away…
Read MoreWhat is Support Work?
Support is vital for a good outcome in fostering. Take a look at why we offer support work and what it is!
Read MoreTime to Talk Day, 2nd February 2023
What is time to talk day? The wonderful people at the mental health charity ‘Mind’ have put their heads together to create a ‘time to talk’ day which will take place on the 2nd of February yearly. The idea of the day is to prompt people to be open to starting a conversation or a…
Read MoreChinese New Year 2023- The year of the Rabbit
What Zodiac sign is it going to be this year? It’s Chinese New Year and 2023 is the year of the Rabbit. But what exactly does this mean and how does it relate to therapeutic foster parents? According to legend, the Rabbit sign is expected to guide us all to a softer time where we focus…
Read MoreResilience 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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read MoreTherapeutic Fostering: A Heartwarming Moment in a Young Person’s Life
“I received this from two of our foster parents who are so proud and full of praise for their young person who brought home the head teachers award.” Read the heart-warming story here.
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