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Physical Set-up, contid.

imized by
alternating their housing. The principle is that the "nearest neighbour"

is a guest family if one is staff, and vice versa.

- Staffing
There were 80 staff members When the Village was a child treatment

centre. There are now only about 30 staff, and the proportion with a

professional background is larger.

Start Roles .

- As well as treatment responsibilities, each stafr member is involved
with research and with training Programs outside the Village. The
Village’ thus serves as a a highly productive and Creative resource for
new ideas and inspirations through Scandinavia ; as well Las Sweden,

: This multi-function ¢ gives the staff members a meaning Peyond their

| involvement with the Families whom they are treating a and prevents the

hidden mutual dependency between the staff's Feeling of meaningfulness

in. their work, and the Client's incompetence and dependency, which |

could result in a totally tr: vatment—oriented institution. It also creates

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the necessary preconditions for basing treatment efforts on the

resources of the families.