Department of Family and Community Services (1988 - 1991)

Related Entries

Timeline

 1881 - 1923 State Children's Relief Board
       1923 - 1970 Child Welfare Department
             1970 - 1973 Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare
                   1973 - 1975 Department of Youth and Community Services
                         1975 - 1976 Department of Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs
                               1976 - 1988 Department of Youth and Community Services
                                     1988 - 1991 Department of Family and Community Services
                                           1991 - 1992 Department of Health and Community Services
                                                 1992 - 2009 Department of Community Services
                                                       2009 - 2011 Department of Human Services
                                                             2011 - 2019 Department of Family and Community Services
                                                                   2019 - Department of Communities and Justice, State Government of New South Wales

Publications

Reports

• Annual Report: Department of Family and Community Services, 1987/88-1989/90. Details
• Landa, D.E., Report on the Department of Community Services and Brougham Residential Unit, Office of the Ombudsman. Special report to Parliament ; no. 93/04, Office of the Ombudsman, Sydney, 12 August 1993, 146 pp. Details
• Landa, D.E., Ombudsman, Report to Parliament Under Section 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974: Concerning the failure of the former Department of Family and Community Services to issue instructions to superintendent and staff on the requirements of the Children (Detention Centres) Act and its regulations, in terms of minor and serious misbehaviour and in particular instructions on dealing with assaults on detainees by detainees, 2 December 1991. Details

Resources

• Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, A Short History of Out of Home Care in New South Wales, Prepared for the Coalition for Children in Care, 2010. Also available at http://www.acwa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/short_history_OOHC.pdf. Details
• Coalition for Children in Care, A brief history of Out of Home Care in NSW since 1980, ACWA, 2010. Details

Online Resources

• 'Dept of Community Services', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/114. Details
• 'Publications - Department of Community Services', in OpenGov NSW, New South Wales government, 2014, https://www.opengov.nsw.gov.au/agencies/26969. Details