Trainee Information and Departmental Administration records is an archival collection held by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. It contains records of children and young people from Victorian juvenile justice institutions including: Winlaton Youth Training Centre, Nunawading Youth Residential Centre, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (Parkville). (Note: The Social Welfare Act 1960 introduced the word…
Labour Ward Case Books and Registers is an archival series held by the Department of Health and Human Services. These records were transferred from the Salvation Army to the Victorian government at some point following the closure of The Haven. Access Conditions Open Access – Records older than 99 years are open and digitised copies…
Foster Care Westernport was established in 1979. As well as providing foster care, it provided respite care for children with disabilities through the Westernport Interchange program. The agency had a separate foster care program for adolescents. In 1991, Foster Care Westernport merged with the Victorian Children’s Aid Society to form the new organisation, Family Focus….
Admission and Discharge Day Books (1907-1975) is an archival series held by the Department of Health and Human Services. These records were transferred from the Salvation Army to the Victorian government at some point following the closure of The Haven in 1975. Access Conditions Open Access – Records older than 99 years are open and…
Departmental Children’s Homes Files is an archival series held by the Public Record Office of Victoria, and is identified by the series number VPRS 18072/P0001. The records in this series date from 1955 to 1987, and were created by interactions between the various Victorian government departments responsible for child welfare and departmental children’s Homes. The…
Lutheran Children’s Homes was established in around 1973, following the closure of the Lutheran Children’s Home in Kew. Around this time, the Lutheran Church moved into family group home care, establishing cottage homes in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. During the early 1980s, Lutheran Children’s Homes established a foster care service in south western Victoria, Glenelg Foster…
Welfare Photographs and Publications is a series comprising photographs published by the British and Victorian state governments about social welfare activities and institutions. The records include photographs a number of Victorian children’s Homes. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible to any member of the public. For access to these records please contact the…
Private and Professional papers of Leonard Tierney is an archival collection held at the University of Melbourne Archives. Dr Leonard James Tierney OAM (1925-1996) attained a Master of Science in Social Work in 1954 and a doctorate from Columbia University in 1974. Tierney was a leading social work practitioner and scholar, and an active member…
Voluntary Children’s Homes Files is an archival series with contents dating from 1921 to 1989. It has the Public Record Office Victoria series number of VPRS 18069/P0001. The records in this series were created by the interactions between the Victorian government and Homes in Victoria run by charitable and religious organisations. The Voluntary Children’s Homes…
The Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria came into being in 1947. Previously it was known as the Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne. The name change coincided with a change in focus towards casework and counselling, employing only professionally trained social workers and expanding its ‘client group’ into Melbourne’s northern and western suburbs. The CWS ran…
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