11 March 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines: Vaccination toolkit and new webpage for disability providers

The Australian Government Department of Health (Department of Health) has released new resources to help you prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Key points

• The Department of Health has released a COVID-19 vaccination toolkit for disability providers and a dedicated webpage about the COVID-19 vaccine.
• These resources are available on the Department of Health website.

Disability provider COVID-19 Vaccine readiness toolkit

The Australian Government Department of Health has released a vaccination toolkit for disability providers, to help you prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

It includes:

• checklists for planning and delivering vaccinations, including site readiness requirements
• consent guidance material
• information on roles and responsibilities for COVID-19 vaccination at disability residential accommodation sites
• guidelines for monitoring and reporting side effects.

Webpages about the vaccine roll out

The Department of Health now has a dedicated information webpage for disability service providers about COVID-19 vaccines. It contains information and resources to help you plan for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

This, and the Department of Health’s webpage for people with disability will continue to be updated, so we strongly encourage you to visit these pages regularly.

NDIS Commission COVID-19 information and resources

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) information webpage on the NDIS Commission website contains links to updates, training, alerts and other resources.

We also have a COVID-19 webpage containing information for people with disability, and a webpage of frequently asked questions about COVID-19 for all stakeholders.

NDIS participants can also obtain information from the dedicated COVID-19 webpage for participants, which has been published by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

Contact Us 

Call: 1800 035 544 (free call from landlines). Our contact centre is open 9.00am to 5.00pm (9.00am to 4.30pm in the NT), Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Email: contactcentre@ndiscommission.gov.au

Website: www.ndiscommission.gov.au