Creating Safe, Nurturing Homes for Children and Young People
At Watermead Care, we provide trauma-informed residential care in warm, family-style homes across the east midlands, helping young people heal and thrive.
About Watermead Care
We are a residential children’s care provider, dedicated to creating trauma-responsive environments where young people can heal from trauma and develop the skills they need to build healthy relationships.
Highly skilled workforce - trained by TCR
Our Homes
Rated Outstanding by Ofsted
A warm, family-style home for up to 3 children, featuring spacious bedrooms, a bespoke sensory space, and beautiful gardens in a quiet residential area.
Rated Good by Ofsted
Our home for older children accommodating up to 3 young people, with modern facilities, and close proximity to local amenities and schools.
Our Approach
We are trauma responsive, embedding PACE to create healing relationships and help young people develop resilience, better self-esteem, and life skills.
Playfulness
Acceptance
Curiosity
Empathy
Life at Watermead
“The team is like one big family, and our children feel like our own. We all care deeply for one another. Our home is welcoming and always full of joy, with a truly homely feel.”
Childcare Practitioner (2026)
Voices of Our Young People
"When I look back at my time living at Holly Tree House between 2017 and 2020 I would describe it as…..Awakening. It made me realise what I wanted in life and that I had to change and become more of a man to achieve what it was that I wanted….And that was home and a future. It was fun it was well organised but most of all it was LIFE CHANGING with some of the NICEST KINDEST AND CARING PEOPLE I EVER MET."
Our lovely boy, left us to go back to his mum in 2020
"I have never had a bad thing to say about you guys, you’ve all done an amazing job with gaining my trust and respect. It honestly did feel like one big family. The bit I do look back on the most is all the banter we had around the home. Everyone supports everyone there. We aren’t as close anymore but you’re all still family."
Our lovely girl, left us to live in her own flat at 18 years old in 2025.