WHAT OUR METHOD DELIVERS:
Resident Volunteers
The number of hours residents spend contributing to life in the location shoots up.
More gets
done with less
Gradually tasks usually done by staff are done by residents themselves.
Less
Tensions
Things don't escalate so fast anymore. Less tensions /staff/ security hours.
Staff Job
Satisfaction
Less pressure and better working conditions for staff.
Not overwhelmed.
THE KEY
Resident Participation changes everything.
With Resident Participation
Safer Locations with fewer incidents
Less "firefighting" work pressure
Residents who feel more capable integrate faster
Systems that stay in place even when a staff is replaced
Residents contribute as good neighbours
Without
Tensions that build up until they suddenly burst
A team trying to solve the same problems over and over again
Participation collapses as soon as one enthusiastic staff leaves
The AZC is seen only as a cost-centre for the community
Resident Participation is the base on which everything rests:
1
The base
2
The bricks
3
The House
NO RESIDENT PARTICIPATION = NO BASE
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Rebuild time and time again.
Without a base,
nothing stays solved.
Staff carry the location
Everything runs on their presence, improvement leaves with them.
Nothing stays solved
Good work that has to be redone every shift because it never rested on anything.
Progress never arrives
People lose energy, tensions rise, and the same people get blamed.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:
SAFER & QUIETER LOCATIONS
MORE EFFICIENCY,
LESS WORK PRESSURE
BETTER
INTEGRATION
We start with staff. Then a few residents. Then the whole place.
“Through Movement on The Ground's training, staff see that it's important to place responsibility with the residents. The core is above all about letting go: when you listen to what residents want, you have to do less yourself and much more happens.”
NEXT STEPS:
From a conversation to a location that manages itself.
1
Book a call (15 min)
Together we look at how you work today and whether our approach makes sense for you.
Then we design an approach that fits your context. Your team, residents and all the people around the table.
2
We can Start Fast
We do reception ourselves, and designed the method to work in any context. We move at the pace of your team, with clear goals outlined, but at the pace that your team sets.
3
Progress that Lasts
We make sure everyone is on-board and has the time they need to adapt. We embed our ways of working into how the location runs day to day so it keeps working long after we step back.
We know shelter from the inside.
Our approach is practical and apolitical.
They have trusted us:
If we don't involve people
in managing their own recovery and integration, we build systems that don't work.