Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria (1947 - 1996)

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1947

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1996

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Community Service Organisation

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Victoria

The Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria (CWS) 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 a foster care program in the 1950s, and a hostel for girls and young women in Kew from 1964 to 1967. The organisation became known as the Drummond Street Relationship Centre from 1996 until 2010, when it was renamed Drummond Street Services.

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1887 - 1947: Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne
1947 - 1996: Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria
1996 -: drummond street services

Collection Title: Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria Records (1887 - 1968)
Date Range: 1887 - 1968
Reference: 1980.0087 [University of Melbourne Archives Reference Number]
Contact: Please contact drummond st services:
Postal address: 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Phone: (03) 9663 6733
Email: cwsjustice@ds.org.au
Website: https://ds.org.au/
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Collection Title: Private and Professional Papers of Leonard Tierney (1933 - 1992)
Date Range: 1933 - 1992
Reference: 2008.0060 [University of Melbourne Archives Reference Number]
Contact: Please contact the Archivist, University of Melbourne Archives:
Postal Address: Archives, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Phone: (03) 8344 6848 or (03) 8344 0590
Email: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.au
Website: https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/
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Series Title: Client Records, Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria; Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne
Date Range: -
Reference: 2013.0119 [University of Melbourne Archives Reference Number]
Contact: Please contact drummond st services:
Postal address: 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Phone: (03) 9663 6733
Email: cwsjustice@ds.org.au
Website: https://ds.org.au/
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Series Title: Client Case Records, Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria (1961 - 1979)
Date Range: 1961 - 1979
Reference: 2013.0114 [University of Melbourne Archives Reference Number]
Contact: Please contact drummond st services:
Postal address: 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Phone: (03) 9663 6733
Email: cwsjustice@ds.org.au
Website: https://ds.org.au/
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