'Small scale welfare services is primarily a matter of mentality and social vision' can be read in one of the first publications of 1983. According to OKS at the time, this looks something like: 'The residential unit is located in an ordinary (residential) district and is also integrated into society. The residential unit is largely autonomous, self-supporting' (...), 'has a normalised climate (...), taken from the normal living and working situation in our society'.
When late eighties a start was made with what later would become the 'STAP foster care education process' in order to support foster care, the vision was defined as follows:
'Children belong in their family. If custodial placement is necessary for their development, family members should be the first to provide this care. If strangers take over the care, the professional welfare services have the responsibility to provide the best possible support to the original family. New educators should be prepared for their task. Teamwork is self-evident from the different disciplines of both professionals and volunteers’.