Department for Family and Community Services, South Australian Government

• Aborigines Office, South Australian Government (1866 - 1912)
• Aborigines Department, South Australian Government (1912 - 1962)
• Department of Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government (1963 - 1970)
• Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government (1970 - 1972)
• Department for Community Welfare, South Australian Government (1972 - 1990)
• Department for Family and Community Services, South Australian Government (1990 – 1998)
  • Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services, South Australian Government (1998 - 2004)
  • Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities, South Australian Government (2004 - 2006)
  • Families SA, Department for Families and Communities (2006 - 2011)
  • Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development (2011 - 2016)
  • Department for Child Protection (2016 - current)

Ran

• Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre (1958 - 1995)
  Date: 1990 - 1995
• South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1993)
  Date: 1990 - 1993
• South Australian Youth Training Centre (1979 - 1993)
  Date: 1990 - 1993
• Cavan Training Centre (1993 - 2012)
• Brookway Unit (c. 1984 - 1992)
• Campbelltown Community Unit (1995 - current)
  The Department for Family and Community Services and its successors ran the Campbelltown Community Unit 'Cornerways'.
• Enfield Community Unit (1990 - current)
• Glandore Community Unit (1990 - 1994)
• Lochiel Park Community Unit (1995 - 2008?)
• North Adelaide Community Unit (1990 - 1997)
• Regency Park Community Unit (1997 - current)
• Sturt Community Unit (1990 - 1995)
• Woodville Assessment Unit (1990 - 1992)
• Magill Training Centre (1993 - 2012)
  Date: 1993 - 1998
• Clarence Park Assessment Unit (c. 1990 - c. 1992)
• Gilles Plains Assessment Unit (1992 - current)
• Woodville Community Unit (1992 - 1993)
• Sturt Assessment Unit (1995 - current)

Related Organisations

• Rose Cottage (1983 - 1993)
  The Department for Family and Community Services, in conjunction with Anglican Child Care Services and the Department of Social Security, funded Rose Cottage

This page was written by Melissa Downing, last updated 17 July 2013. Sources used to create this entry:

• George, Karen, Finding Your Own Way, 2005 View Publication Details

• Department for Families and Communities, Contact with the South Australian child protection system: a statistical analysis of longitudinal child protection data, 2008. View Publication Details

Records

• Records of the Department for Community Welfare and Successor Agencies (1972)