Wahroonga Hostel was opened on 1 November 1995 by the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation. It was a replacement property for Lismore House in the suburb of Newcomb. The new property was designed to have an improved personal living environment for residents of the youth hostel. Wahroonga Hostel closed in 2000.
Barwon Youth was established in 2006, it was previously known as the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation. Barwon Youth continued to provide community service programs catered to adolescents. It became known as Barwon Child, Youth & Family in 2015 when it merged with Glastonbury Community Services and Time for Youth.
Barwon Child, Youth & Family (BCYF) was established on 1 July 2015 as a merger between Glastonbury Community Services, Barwon Youth and Time for Youth. BCYF provided out-of-Home care, placement prevention services, early years; family & community services; youth services and specialist intervention services. On 1 April 2023, BCYF merged with Bethany to form a…
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Lismore House was a hostel for young people in Geelong. It was purchased by the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation in October 1981. After renovations the hostel opened in June 1982, with residents coming from Turana Youth Training Centre and Winlaton Secure Girls Unit. According to Barnard, Lismore House was established at a…
The Barwon Association for Youth Support and Accommodation (BAYSA) was established in June 1981 to establish and run a regional youth hostel in the Barwon area. BAYSA ran Lismore House and later Wahroonga Hostel. They also operated lead-tenant properties, adolescent foster care programs, programs to assist adolescents who were homeless and other youth service programs….
The Wards Records Plan Project was conceived in 2012 in response to the Victorian Ombudsman findings of its investigation into the storage and management of ward records by the former Department of Human Services (DHS). Rolled out over three years from 2013 – 2016, the Plan involves the identification, indexation, storage, management and digitisation of…
The Social Welfare (Amendment) Act 1975 (No. 8821) amended the Social Welfare Act 1970. It was passed on 9 December 1975 and commenced in stages from January 1976. The Social Welfare Act 1970 was repealed by Statue Law Revision (Repeals) Act 1982 (No.9863) on 5 January1983.
The Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act 1984 (No. 10114) was ‘An Act to make provision for certain guardianship and custody orders relating to children and for other purposes’. It commenced on 1 June 1985 and was repealed by the Children and Young Persons Act 1989 (56/1989 ) on 31 January 1991.
The Status of Children (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 10069) commenced on 1 August 1984. The long title of the act is ‘An Act relating to the status of persons conceived by certain means, to amend the Status of Children Act 1974 and for other purposes.’ It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act (No.11/1995)…
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