Oasis Care Blogs

Resident Profile (Anonymised) Name:  JK (pseudonym) Age Range:  Older teen Interests:  Music, writing rap lyrics, sound production Placement Type:  Supported accomadation with Oasis Care Referral Need:  Emotional regulation, engagement, trust-building, independence skills Starting Point: When JK Arrived at Oasis JK moved to Oasis in May 2023. He describes his early period with striking honesty: “I didn’t really know what I was doing… I wasn’t making music… I wasn’t doing f***

Analdo - Support worker and creative Who Is Analdo? A Creative Voice at Oasis Care Analdo is a support worker and creative practitioner whose work sits at the intersection of care and storytelling. Before joining Oasis, he spent years developing his visual style, studying illustration, experimenting with film, and building a name for himself by creating music videos for local artists. Creativity wasn’t a hobby for him; it was a foundation. “I’ve always been into visuals… it w

Young person on CEG and BBC Radio Derby Project Independence Begins with Opportunity A young person can live in care for a year, and still feel unknown. Not because people stopped caring, but because trauma, systems, and screens all get in the way. We live in a world where connection is instant, but rarely real. Where social media replaces conversation. Where AI can answer before a human does. And yet, in care, presence is everything. Because real care isn’t an algorithm, it’

Before the Benefits System, There’s the Belief System Across the UK, too many 16–18-year-olds in supported accommodation face instability long before they reach adulthood. They’re expected to prepare for work, education, and independence without first being given the safety, consistency, and trust  that make those goals possible. At Oasis Care, we support young people who are learning to rebuild, emotionally, socially, and practically. For most of them, “employment pathways”

Why Belonging Matters, and Why We're Sharing This At Oasis Care, we support separated young people who arrive in the UK alone. Statutory guidance often labels them Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC), but we prefer the more respectful term separated young people. They are young people first , and deserve to be recognised as such. Through our work, we have seen how belonging can transform lives. But we’ve also learned that belonging is complex. It is shaped by statuto

A System Under Strain In Wales, the Care Inspectorate has warned of a growing reliance on Care Homes Operating Without Registration (OWR)...