The New South Wales Department of Community Services, commonly known as DoCS, was a
State government
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agency in
New South Wales
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Australia
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, that provided
child welfare services from 1881 until its abolition in 2009. In that year, DoCS was absorbed into the new
Department of Human Services (later the Department of Family and Community Services).
The department operated as the:
* State Children Relief Department (1881–1923)
* Child Welfare Department (1923–1970)
* Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare (1970–1973)
* Youth and Community Services (1973–1975)
* Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs (1975–1976)
* Youth and Community Services (1976–1988)
* Department of Family and Community Services (1988–1992)
* Department of Community Services (1992–2009).
See also
*
Department of Juvenile Justice (1991–2009)
The New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice, known between 1991 and 1993 as the Office of Juvenile Justice, was a State government agency in New South Wales, Australia, that managed juvenile detention centres and other aspects of the you ...
*
Department of Family and Community Services (2009–2019)
*
Department of Communities and Justice
The New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities; and the administrat ...
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Community Services
Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed ...
Legal organisations based in Australia
Juvenile law
1881 establishments in Australia
2009 disestablishments in Australia
Government agencies established in 1881
Government agencies disestablished in 2009