TRAINING: HOW TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINES

Tomorrow is the deadline for workers across the community care services sector to have had their first dose of any COVID-19 vaccine, and WACOSS has supported the introduction of this mandate to ensure that we can keep vulnerable members of our community safe. This is particularly important, given the likelihood of an outbreak of COVID-19, and the threat of new variants in our community, when we open up next year.

But, we know there are groups of people across the community with very low vaccination rates where historical mistrust of, and trauma associated with, our medical system and government must be acknowledged.

The community care services sector is right on the frontline with many of the groups that remain hesitant to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because we provide services to them every single day. Frontline community care services workers are well positioned to have conversations about the importance of getting vaccinated.

The Department of Health and WACOSS will be offering two webinars in early December to frontline workers in the community care services sector. These webinars will be designed to equip workers with the tools they need to have persuasive conversations with vaccine-hesitant communities and dispel any myths they may have about COVID-19.

To register for Webinar 1 ( Thursday 9 Dec, 10.00am – 11.30am) click here

To register for Webinar 2 ( Wednesday 15 Dec, 10.00am – 11.30am ) click here