Autumn Covid vaccination boosters for organisations providing frontline health & social care support
staff & volunteers that received early jabs previously are eligible again
If your staff and volunteers had their original Covid jabs early because they were providing frontline support for vulnerable people during lockdown, they will now be eligible for a booster jab under the same rules.
This in addition to the priority groups:
- all adults aged 50+
- people aged 5-49 in a clinical risk group or in a household with people with immunosuppression
- unpaid carers (aged 16-49)
- residents in care homes for older people and the staff who work with them. (Anyone working a care home will be offered a jab when the vaccination team visits to vaccinate the residents)
Eligible staff and volunteers from any local charity, commmunity or voluntary group or social enterprise can:
- use the National Booking System or phone 119 to book at any vaccination site in Kirklees or neighbouring areas
- wait to be contacted by their GP practice to be offered an appointment at their surgery or a Primary Care Network vaccination site
Like last time, staff and volunteers will need to take an ID badge or letter confirming that they work for an eligible provider.
Who is eligible?
Here is the table showing the sorts of roles that are eligible
| Service area | Staff/volunteers in specific services/roles |
| Adult Social Care | Older peoples care homes Other registered care homes Domiciliary care workers Personal Assistants Specialist providers of care for adults with assessed needs Day services for adults with assessed needs Supported living and retirement living Shared lives carers Social workers and CASOs Occupational therapists, moving and handling services Short team and urgent support, mobile response Assistive technology and equipment (fitters) Mental health and learning disability services Rehabilitation services Hospital based support services (eg ECLO) Advocacy services Addiction services Roles vital to the running of social care services inc kitchen staff, domestics, drivers, maintenance, team leader/manager, volunteer co-ordinator, administrator |
| Community support providers | Foodbanks Domestic abuse refuges Support services specifically targeting very vulnerable adults |
| Children’s Services | Children with a disability services Foster carers of children with a disability Passenger Assistants for children with a disability Social workers Early help: family support, youth workers, family group conferencing Special Schools Children’s homes NB only those staff in these groups who are looking after children at higher risk from Covid-19 are eligible to a Vaccine now. Nursery staff and childminders are not in the priorities group now. Unless they are looking after children at higher risk from Covid-19. |
| Housing | Homelessness support services Bed & breakfast hostel workers Accessible Homes Specialist retirement living complexes |
| Interpreters | Working with social workers/clinical staff in hospitals or client’s homes |
| Safer Communities/ Local Integrated Partnerships | Community Plus and Wellness Service Youth Intervention/Cohesion/Community Safety/Anti-Social Behaviour Teams Asylum Seeker and Refugee Support Staff deployed into Community Response to Covid-19 roles in direct contact with vulnerable residents |
| Public Protection | Public Protection staff responding to Covid-19 outbreaks |
| Bereavement services | Crematorium technicians and grave diggers Funeral directors and Muslim Burial Committees Registrars (deaths) |
| Testing and Vaccination sites | Staff & volunteers working at sites |
free ppe for groups in kirklees
In addition, Kirklees Council is offering partners access to free PPE.