Kildonan UnitingCare came into being in 2007, the name reflecting its partnership with UnitingCare Victoria and Tasmania Network. At its establishment, its emphasis was on intensive family support, early intervention and prevention. Kildonan UnitingCare’s predecessor agencies have been providing services to children since 1881, when the Scots’ Church Neglected Children’s Aid Society was established by…
Orana Family Services was established in Coolaroo (also referred to as Meadow Heights) in 1988. It was formerly based in Burwood and was known as Orana, the Peace Memorial Homes for Children. From 1988, services were transferred to Coolaroo. In 1990, two family group homes and two specialist houses moved from Burwood to Coolaroo. Orana…
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Southern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory (Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory made up…
Child and Family Services Ballarat (Cafs) came into being in 1998. Previously, it was known as Ballarat Children’s Homes and Family Services. Cafs is a community service organisation that provides a range of programs and services to children, young people and families. The heritage of the organisation dates back to 1865, when the Ballarat District…
Anglicare Victoria was formed in 1997 following the amalgamation of three Anglican child and family welfare agencies – the Mission of St James and St John, St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls and the Mission to the Streets and Lanes. At its establishment it carried on the work of providing care and support services…
Marymead Child and Family Centre was established in 1967 in Narrabundah. It was run by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, until the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn took over responsibility in 1986. In 2018, Marymead continues to provide residential care for girls and boys aged 5 to 17, as well as foster care and…
CatholicCare Tasmania was formerly known as Centacare Tasmania. The name change was adopted on 1 July 2015 in order to more clearly identify the organisation with the Catholic Church. CatholicCare Tasmania continued Centacare Tasmania’s work as the primary social services agency of the Catholic Church in Tasmania. In 2022 CatholicCare Tasmania provided Therapeutic Residential Care…
The Department of Justice was created out of the merger of the Department of Corrective Services and the Attorney-General’s Department. It assumed responsibilities for the functions previously undertaken by the Department of Corrective Services, including youth justice.
drummond street services is the organisation that was previously known as the Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria (CWS). The CWS had moved into premises at Drummond Street in Carlton in 1965. The organisation was renamed the Drummond Street Relationship Centre in 1996. In 2010, its name changed again to drummond street services. In September 2020,…
The Department of Communities Tasmania was established in July 2018, taking over the administration of Children and Youth Services from the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Through Children and Youth Serices, the Department of Communities facilitated Out of Home Care, child welfare, and custodial youth justice services in Tasmania. It also ran the…
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