Regency Park Community Unit was the new name given to the North Adelaide Community Unit after it transferred its operation to Regency Park in 1997. It was run by the Department as a residential care unit. According to the Report of the Children in State Care Inquiry 2004-2008 children as young as eight were sometimes placed in residential care units designed for much older children. Regency Park Community Unit was still operating in 2013.
A community unit was a smaller group residential care unit. This term was used from the 1970s for longer term small group care. These units were to provide care and support for a range of children in State ‘care’ including young people on remand or children considered to be at risk. Some units catered specifically for children with severe behavioural problems. Community units also assisted in the process of transitioning young people towards independent living. In the late 1970s and early 1980s some government cottages were renamed Admission or Community units.
From
1997
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Current
1997 -
Regency Park Community Unit was situated at Regency Park, South Australia (Building State unknown)
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