Mosaic Foster Care has been named Small Business of the Year in Essex by Business Awards UK.
The regional awards recognise small businesses that have demonstrated consistent growth, innovation and a positive impact within their industry.
For Mosaic Foster Care, the win reflects an approach to growth that prioritises the experiences and long-term outcomes of children and foster families.
Mosaic Foster Care is an Ofsted Outstanding independent fostering agency specialising in long-term, therapeutic foster care. It supports children and foster parents in Chelmsford, Basildon, Brentwood, Southend, Colchester and throughout Essex and is currently recruiting new and experienced foster parents across the county.
While the agency has expanded in response to increasing demand from local authorities, it has continued to invest in staff to keep caseloads small, to enable a careful and considered matching process, continued, comprehensive foster parent training and readily available therapeutic support from their in-house specialist team.
Mosaic Foster Care has grown by more than 40% in the last 4 years. During this period, the agency also expanded its team and network of specialist professionals, enabling it to ensure continued outstanding support for children with complex experiences of trauma.
The organisation has maintained a placement stability rate of 94% (against a backdrop of a national average of just 68%), helping more children remain in secure, long-term homes and avoid the further disruption that placement breakdowns can cause.
Greg De Smidt, Managing Director of Mosaic Foster Care, said: โWeโre incredibly proud to have been named Small Business of the Year in Essex.
โThese awards recognise Mosaic as a successful and growing organisation, but that growth only matters to us when it improves the support available to children and foster families.
โAs weโve expanded, weโve worked hard to retain the close relationships and responsive support people value and deserve from a smaller agency. Our foster parents need to know that theyโll be listened to, taken seriously and supported quickly when a child or family is struggling.
โThis recognition belongs to our foster parents, staff, therapists, youth support workers and everyone who works together to create greater stability for children in care.โ
A key part of Mosaicโs approach is its in-house SMILE framework, which embeds trauma-informed, therapeutic practice throughout foster parent training, supervision, reflective practice, matching and everyday care.
Rather than introducing therapeutic support only after difficulties have escalated, Mosaic Foster Care gives foster families access to professional guidance as an integral part of the agencyโs work.
The SMILE framework is accredited by the Association for Psychodynamic Practice and Counselling in Organisational Settings and meets British Psychoanalytic Council standards.
Mosaic believes the regional recognition is particularly significant because fostering depends on strong local relationships.
The agency works closely with foster parents, professionals and local authorities in Essex, providing families with access to high quality therapeutic expertise and relationship-led support.
Mosaic Foster Care has been rated Outstanding in three consecutive inspections by Ofsted, placing it in the top 1% of fostering agencies in England. It specialises in carefully matched, long-term placements for children who need stability and consistency.
The agency is currently recruiting new foster parents across Essex to meet growing demand for safe homes for children in care.
People interested in fostering with Mosaic Foster Care can find out more at https://mosaicfostercare.com/ or contact the team on 08002335570.
