Therapeutic fostering resources

Essex County Council offer foster carers access to clinical leads and mental health co-ordinators. Meet our team of clinical leads here.

Clare Long, a mental health co-ordinator, shares information on Theraplay. Clare is a Foundational Theraplay Therapist.

This month, Clare Long, a mental health co-ordinator, shares information on Theraplay. Clare is a Foundational Theraplay Therapist.

Katherine Mautner, a Clinical Lead, shares guidance for supporting siblings in foster care.

Katherine Mautner, a Clinical Lead, shares guidance for foster carers caring for children living apart from siblings.

Our team share more information on schemas, and how this impacts our looked after children.

Our team share more information on schemas, and how foster carers can help.

Katie Wetherell, a mental health co-ordinator shares how social workers and foster carers can identify harmful sexual behaviours.

Katie Wetherell, a mental health co-ordinator shares how social workers and foster carers can work together to manage harmful sexual behaviours.

Each month, our team clinical lead team share resources for foster carers. We discuss different learning styles.

Enabling looked after children to eat healthily is often fraught with challenges, it is not as simple as providing good nutritious food.

Object constancy is a psychological concept to help you understand children's needs. Our clinical lead Teresa Sanz shares more about what this is and why it matters for foster carers.

Essex County Council is committed to supporting all our foster carers and looked after children. Our clinical team is preparing resources to help neurodiverse adults and children.