Many people with disability, families and service providers are understandably very concerned about the outbreak of COVID-19. Some people with disability are more at risk of developing a serious infection. Moreover, many people are worried about being able to access essential disability and medical services.
There is some help out there. We have put together a list of resources that might assist the people you support.
This is a time for sharing resources and collaboration. This free DSC guide is designed to support organisations to plan for ‘business continuity’, a fancy way of saying making a plan to ensure you continue to provide services to the people who need them most, while also making sure your organisation survives so you can continue to provide those services.
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This 30-minute online training module is for health care workers in all settings. It covers the fundamentals of infection prevention and control for COVID-19.
The recent outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has recently been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
Beyond being a deep humanitarian challenge, the spread of the virus presents significant challenges for global and domestic organisations. Employers are preparing for scenarios encompassing sick employees, employees who may have been exposed to increased risk of infection, and risk of infection associated with working practices.
In this guide, we examine some of the key legal issues for employers in the non-for-profit (NFP) sector as they consider how to best meet this global challenge, focusing on considerations that may
be more specific to the non-for-profit sector (e.g. volunteers).
The Queensland Health website is the best place to go for accurate information about the virus in Queensland and what you can do to prevent transmission and minimise service impacts.
Queensland Council of Social Service, as part of its business continuity plan, has established a Pandemic Management Plan to appropriately mitigate the risk to the fullest capacity and to minimise the potential impact for employees and our business.
Guide and toolkit from Queensland Department of Communities about working with vulnerable people and communities during a disaster
Guide and tool kit on pandemic planning for homelessness and housing service providers
Checklist tool from Vancouver