Targeted information for specific sectors and communities

Specific sectors

Healthcare
Aged Care
Domestic and Family Violence
Housing and Homelessness
Early childhood, schools and universities
Disability
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and remote communities
Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
LGBTIQA+ and HIV
Children and young people
Older people
Volunteers

Healthcare

• Workforce advice updated NSW Health
• COVID-19: Updated advice for health professionals as of 16 July 2020 NSW Health
• Guidance for risk screening and assessment for home visiting health services NSW Health
• Guidance for outpatient clinics NSW Health
• Cancer care in the time of COVID-19: A conceptual framework for the management of cancer during a pandemic Cancer Australia
• Coping with stress and uncertainty during COVID-19 Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
• COVID-19 Resource Hub Health Consumers NSW - information for NSW health consumers, their families and carers, and consumer representatives.
• Information for healthcare and residential care workers Australian Government Department of Health
• COVID-19: Advice for healthcare workers, staff, students and volunteers NSW Health
• Clinical Excellence Commission Guidance for health professionals NSW Health
• How to set up Skype for telehealth Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network

Aged Care

• Residential aged care facility outbreak management NSW Health
• COVID-19: Advice for aged care services NSW Health
• Guidance for residential aged care facilities NSW Health

Domestic and Family Violence

• Preparing for a spike in DFV during COVID-19 pandemic (video) NSW Department of Community and Justice with Domestic Violence NSW
• COVID-19: Resources for DFV Agencies wanting to use technology Women's Services Network
• COVID-19: online safety help for domestic and family violence workers Australian Government eSafety Commissioner
• Friends and family responses to domestic and family violence during COVID-19 Domestic Violence Service Management
• Workplace responses to domestic and family violence during COVID-19 Domestic Violence Service Management
• Faith Community responses to domestic and family violence during COVID-19 Domestic Violence Service Management

Housing and Homelessness

• What you need to know: Renting and COVID-19 Tenants' Union of NSW
• Specialist Homelessness Services COVID-19 Resources Homelessness NSW

Early childhood, schools and universities

• FAQs for early childhood education services and providers NSW Government
• Guidance for early childhood education and care services NSW Health
• Schools, universities and childcare NSW Government

Disability

• Information for disability support providers NSW Health
• Disability Information Helpline Ideas
• Disability Support Pension and COVID-19 Payments Economic Justice Australia
• Management and Operational Plan for People with Disability Australian Government Department of Health
• COVID-19 Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
• NDIS and Coronavirus FAQ's National Disability and Carer Alliance (Every Australian Counts)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) information in accessible formats National Disability Insurance Agency
• Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council Communiqué (18 March 2020) COAG Disability Reform Council
• Viruses and staying healthy - Easy Read Info Guide Council for Intellectual Disability

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and remote communities

• A MESSAGE for the Mob about coronavirus (COVID-19) (video) Healthy North Coast
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and remote communities Australian Government Department of Health
• Information relating to COVID-19 for the Aboriginal child, family & community services sector AbSec

Culturally and linguistically diverse communities

• MyAus COVID-19 (mobile app) Migration Council Australia - multilingual mobile app about COVID-19, its impact and available support
• Information in your language Australian Government - audio recordings of COVID-19 information in different languages
• Translated coronavirus (COVID-19) resources Australian Government
• COVID-19 translated resources NSW Health
• COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Translated Resources Ethnolink Language Services
• NDIS Information in languages National Disability Insurance Agency
• Videos in language: coronavirus & handwashing Humans Like Us

LGBTIQA+ and HIV

• Getting practical about COVID-19 and HIV Positive Life NSW
• NSW HIV-related Sector Services page Positive Life NSW
• Covid-19 and our communities ACON

Children and young people

• Managing infectious disease in residential care settings: Guidelines, training and support material ACWA
• Residential OOHC Sector COVID-19 Emergency Staffing Options ACWA
• Coronavirus (COVID-19 Advice for Young People Youth Action and Yfoundations

Older people

• COVID-19 Resources Senior Rights Service
• ACT! Strengthening the emergency preparedness of vulnerable older people Meals on Wheels NSW
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for older Australians Australian Government Department of Health
• COVID-19 (coronavirus) information COTA Australia
• Free COVID-19 support line for Senior Australians COTA Australia, National Seniors Australia, the Older Persons Advocacy Network, Dementia Australia and the Australian Government

Volunteers

• Volunteering and COVID-19 Volunteering Australia