Oasis House
Somewhere a child can simply be a child
A small children’s home built around safety, understanding and belonging — and around knowing one young person really well.
Oasis House is progressing through Ofsted registration. What that means for referrals
- One child
- Ages 5–17
- Trauma-informed care
Oasis House is currently progressing through the Ofsted registration process. We welcome enquiries from local authorities, commissioning teams and professionals who would like to discuss future placement availability. Referrals will be accepted once registration has been granted.
If you are a social worker, placement officer or commissioner, we would value a conversation now — about a child you are trying to place, and whether Oasis House could meet their needs in the future.
Oasis House is a small children’s home for one young person aged 5–17. It is deliberately small, so daily life can be calm, relationships can be steady, and care can be shaped around the child.
Our model is trauma-informed and relationship-based, drawing on PACE — playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy. We are designed for a particular group of children, and we are honest about the needs we are not set up to meet.
- Small by design One child at a time, so they are known well and never lost in a group.
- Trauma-informed, PACE-led We seek to understand what behaviour is communicating, and to respond with steadiness rather than sanction.
- Relationship-based Change happens through safe, consistent relationships. Keeping the same adults around a child is a therapeutic decision, not a rota one.
Life here
The rooms a child would live in
Not a model home and not a facility: an ordinary house, with the rooms a child would actually live in. The photographs here are illustrative.
See life at Oasis House
Behaviour is communication. Our work is to listen to what a child is telling us — and to keep showing up, calmly, until it lands.
The substance
What a commissioner checks for — and what a parent hopes for
Our approach to care
Trauma-informed, attachment-aware and relationship-based. Care is planned around each child, reviewed regularly, and distress is met with de-escalation and repair rather than punishment.
Education and development
Education is not an afterthought. Our model supports learning across the full age range, including SEND and EHCP arrangements, working alongside placing authorities, Virtual Schools and schools.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is the organising priority of the home. It will operate within the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards, with safer recruitment, thorough training and independent oversight designed into how the home runs.
For social workers and commissioning teams
Start the conversation early
An early conversation costs a placing authority nothing, and it is the fastest way to find out whether we could be right for a child.
- Now A professional conversation. About a child you are trying to place, whether our home could meet their needs, how our model works, and likely timescales.
- Once registered Referrals and placements. We cannot accept referrals until our Ofsted registration is granted. Until then, every enquiry is treated as a professional enquiry, not a referral.
Please do not include information that identifies a child in an initial enquiry.
Working at Oasis House
Careers
We are building our team now. Working here means small numbers, steady relationships and proper support behind you.
Currently recruiting a Deputy Manager, based in Bradford.
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Talk to us
Email and telephone
General enquiries
Questions about the home, working here, or anything else — email or call and we will come back to you.
Professional enquiries
Social workers and commissioning teams are welcome to discuss future placements now. Referrals will be accepted once registration has been granted.
We do not publish the location of our home. It is a safeguarding decision, made to protect the child who will live here. If you need to meet us, we will arrange that with you directly.