• Organisation

Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (Perth)

Advocacy Body
Care Provider
Catholic
Church Agency

Details

The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (CFWB) was established on 2 June 1970 as a part-time social work service of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, with a focus on children in Catholic institutions. In June 1977 it became part of Centrecare.

The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (CFWB) was established as a part-time agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth in June 1970. It had an initial focus on overseeing applications for institutional care, with the following priorities:

  • Assessing private (non-ward) applications and offering alternatives to placement if relevant
  • Arranging Social Worker contact with families of children who were not placed
  • Arranging Social Worker contact with families of children were were placed
  • Arranging Social Worker consultation with the staff at institutions where children were placed
  • Integrating the work of volunteer groups at institutions, including after-care groups
  • Consultative work with institution staff around policies and operations

According to Coldrey in his history of Clontarf (The Scheme p.174), the CFWB had an immediate impact on Clontarf’s admission policies with ‘ordinary country boarders and local day boys’ no longer being admitted.

In June 1977 the CFWB became part of Centrecare.

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  • From

    1970

  • To

    1977

  • Alternative Names

    CFWB

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