The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit replaced the Gilles Plains Community Unit in 1992. Run by the government, the Assessment Unit was built at the same Gilles Plains address. It provided short-term emergency care for up to eight children between the ages of eight to upper teens. The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit was still operating in 2008.
The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit replaced the Gilles Plains Community Unit in 1992. Run by the Department of Family and Community Services, the Assessment Unit was a purpose built facility located at the same Gilles Plains address, 643 North East Road. The new Unit provided short-term emergency care for up to eight children, boys and girls, between the ages of eight to upper teens.
The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit was one of the institutions that came under scrutiny for allegations of abuse during the Children in State Care Inquiry 2004-2008. The Unit was still operating at the time of the publication of the Children in State Care Inquiry Final Report in 2008.
1979 - 1990 Gilles Plains Community Unit
1992 - Gilles Plains Assessment Unit
Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/; Mullighan, the Hon E.P., Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry: Allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct, presented to the South Australian Parliament by the Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC, Commisioner, Children in State Care Commission of Enquiry, Adelaide, South Australia, 2008, 564 pp, https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/107201/children-in-state-care-commission-of-inquiry-introducation.pdf.
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 12 September 2013, Last modified: 12 June 2014