Western Australia’s State of Emergency and the Public Health State of Emergency ended on Friday, 4 November 2022. Visit the WA Government’s COVID-19: Latest updates for more information.
The content on this web page is now being reviewed with a view to consolidating and archiving information.
Overview
The Department of Communities and the community services sector are working together to ensure the most vulnerable people in Western Australia are supported through the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure services continue to be provided to the people we support.
Taskforces
Taskforces were established in March 2020 to combine the efforts of community sector service partners and the State so that joint service delivery was targeted where it was needed the most.
The taskforces:
- planned and responded to the impact of COVID-19 on Western Australia’s vulnerable people
- planned and responded to ensure vulnerable people had access to essential services
- ensured that solutions to challenges had a cultural oversight by Communities’ Director General Cultural Council.
The taskforces focused on:
- people with disability
- family and domestic violence
- homelessness
- seniors
- children in care
- Aboriginal outcomes and partnerships
- remote Aboriginal communities
- mental health and alcohol and other drugs
- young people.
Latest updates
Western Australia remains in a State of Emergency. Keep up to date with the latest news and advice via the COVID-19 webpage.
23 June 2022 webinar - mandatory vaccination changes
On 23 June 2022, Communities hosted a webinar for community sector organisations. The Chief Health Officer (CHO), Dr Andy Robertson, spoke about the changes to the mandatory vaccination policy in WA, and took questions on how these changes might affect organisations and service provision in the sector.
Watch the webinar recording:
10 June 2022 webinar - mandatory vaccination changes
On 10 June 2022, the Department of Communities hosted a webinar for the disability services sector on the changes to mandatory vaccination policy. The CHO, Dr Andy Robertson, gave a short presentation on the changed vaccination requirements and answered questions from the audience.
Watch the webinar recording:
3 March 2022 sector briefing
Watch the sector briefing:
4 February 2022 sector briefing
Sector briefing webinars playlist
General resources
- HealthyWA
- Mental Health and COVID-19
- Medicare MBS COVID-19 Telehealth Services Mental Health
- COVID-19 coronavirus: Health
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) in the community services sector
- Information and referrals for people with disability and their supporters about coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Strategies to improve mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Further information
For more information email sectorsupport@communities.wa.gov.au.
