Who we are
est 2025
Every aspect of our care is rooted in a trauma-informed approach
Our mission is to empower and support each child, helping them set and achieve personal goals while building confidence and a strong sense of self. Every aspect of our care is rooted in a trauma-informed approach, ensuring that children feel understood, valued, and supported by a compassionate team.
Tearmann Care is built upon core Social Work values that promote healing, growth, and stability for the children in its care.
Safety
Creating a physically and emotionally secure environment where children feel protected and supported
Trust
Building strong, reliable relationships with children through consistency and honesty
Collaboration
Working closely with families, professionals, and the community to provide comprehensive support
Respect
Valuing each child’s voice, experiences, and personal journey
Empowerment
Helping children develop confidence, self-worth, and life skills to navigate challenges
These values create a foundation where children with complex needs can feel safe, supported, and empowered to thrive.
We are a social work service who have direct experience of working within residential care over the last 25 years, and who bring a wealth of experience in working alongside young people who are in crisis.
Our vision is to offer safety, healing and choices to the young people in our care and we feel that by creating the correct setting conditions, we can provide a sense of containment for the children. Only when we have reached this point can we begin more specific therapy.
…every interaction is an intervention
In recognising that every interaction is an intervention, we can support children who are frightened and dysregulated to realign both physically and emotionally and start to feel safe.
The Tearmann Care approach shall draw from various social work and psychology theories and methods of intervention.
- Trauma informed practices
- Attachment theory
- Dyadic development psychotherapy
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)
Doing so ensures that the children with whom we work with are given the best opportunity to thrive in our care, whilst equipping them with tools to thrive after they leave us.
Our senior members of staff are TCI leads and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (Edition 7) shall be embedded at every level of our service. All staff who work within the home shall be be TCI trained.
The TCI model was developed in Cornell University NY and is a trauma informed, evidence based system designed to help adults prevent and manage crisis situations with children and young people. This is done through teaching the young people the skills to manage theirs feelings and supporting them when these feelings become overwhelming.
Each child upon admission to Tearmann Cottage shall have a period of assessment while a suitable method of intervention is agreed at a multidisciplinary level. Each child will always be treated as an individual and will be at the centre of their care planning. Our approach is innovative and responsive to the complex needs of the children who require our support.
Tearmann Cottage is a home focusing on all aspects of a child’s wellbeing, creating an environment that will help them navigate their way through their trauma and build positive coping mechanism they can carry throughout their lives. A great opportunity to help our young people grow while nurturing them and their holistic needs.
The African proverb – “It takes a village to raise a child” reflects a powerful truth: that a child’s wellbeing and development are influenced by their environment and relationships. Children who have experienced developmental trauma need skilled and knowledgeable carers who can look beneath the child’s behaviour and respond sensitively to their underlying needs because healing from relational trauma begins with relational repair. Dr Joanne King (Clinical Psychologist) works in partnership with Tearmann residential staff to ensure a holistic approach is adopted in the care of each child, enabling the team to deliver therapeutically informed care with an emphasis on building, nurturing, and repairing relationships.
