State Government of Queensland
The Family and Youth Services Department was established on 9 June 1987. It was responsible for a broad range of community services including youth and ethnic affairs. The Department ran the Therapeutic Adolescent Residential Assessment Unit, Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre, Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre,
Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre, The Outlook Training and Resource Centre, John Oxley Youth Detention Centre and the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre. The Family and Youth Services Department was abolished on 14 December 1987. The renamed Family Services Department then gained the area of Intellectual Handicap Services from the Health Department.
The Family and Youth Services Department was established through the amalgamation of the Children's Services Department, Youth Department, Ethnic Affairs Department, Family Services Department, the Queensland Recreation Council, and the Disabled Persons Service. These were consolidated into a single organisational and administrative structure as part of the introduction of a regionalised model of service delivery.
The Family and Youth Services Department was abolished on 14 December 1987 with a further re-organisation of ministerial responsibilities. Ethnic Affairs was amalgamated with the former Community Services Department while Youth Services and the Queensland Recreation Council were moved to the Education Department. The renamed Family Services Department then gained the area of Intellectual Handicap Services from the Health Department.
1879 - 1911 Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch
1911 - 1935 Home Secretary's Office, State Children Department
1935 - 1963 Health and Home Affairs Department, State Children Department
1963 - 1966 Labour and Industry Department, State Children Department
1966 - 1987 Children's Services Department
1987 Family and Youth Services Department
1987 - 1989 Family Services Department
1989 - 1996 Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department
1996 - 1998 Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
1996 Department of Family and Community Services
1996 - 2001 Department of Families, Youth and Community Care
1998 - 2001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department
2001 - 2006 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department
2001 - 2004 Department of Families
2004 - 2009 Child Safety Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2012 - 2015 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Department
2012 - 2017 Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department
2015 - 2020 Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
2017 - 2020 Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
2020 - Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs, State Government of Queensland
2020 - Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 18 August 2013, Last modified: 17 September 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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