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Accessible letters for customers who are blind or have low vision 008-01030100




Approved text for custom text Fast Notes

Table 1: for Geelong 24x7 team only.

Extra details field

Body of Fast Note

Accessible Letters BRAILLE

Letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY reformatted to Braille. Sent to Vision Australia on DDMMYYYY.

Accessible Letters CD

Letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY reformatted to CD and forwarded to Customer.

Accessible Letters LARGE FONT

Letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY reformatted to Large Font and forwarded to Customer.

Accessible Letters TELEPHONE

Phoned Customer on <NUMBER> DDMMYYYY at HH:MM and read letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY. Original letter forwarded to home address.

Accessible Letters FAIL2CONT

1st Unsuccessful contact to <NUMBER> on DDMMYYYY at HH:MM to read letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY.

*Left msg will call back later or customer can call 132-XXX

*2nd Unsuccessful contact DDMMYYYY at HH:MM (next day) to read letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY, original letter forwarded to residential address.

Accessible Let-Deceased no Executor

Form <FORMCODE> dated DDMMYYYY

Customer is deceased. Letter is unable to be forwarded to Executor address as none provided. Letter will be securely destroyed.

Accessible Let-Sent2Executor

Letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY. Customers is deceased and an executor is on record. Documents will be sent to the executor.

Original documents sent to the executor through normal Australia Post.

Envelope addressed to - (insert executor's name and address)

Accessible CC Forwarded

CC with expiry date DDMMYYYY has been forwarded to customer's home address on DDMMYYYY. CCIS Updated so future cards posted to home address.

Accessible CC Re-Issued

CC with expiry date DDMMYYYY has been re-issued to customer's home address on DDMMYYYY. CCIS Updated so future cards posted to home address.

Accessible Letter - RTS

DD/MM/YYYY ACCESSIBLE.LETTERS received documents from Decipha that were marked RTS.

Documents Received: Letter <LETTER CODE> dated DDMMYYYY and Reformatted copy of same letter.

Customer address is the same as on the returned mail document so it has not been resent. Original and Reformatted Letter will be securely destroyed.

A digital copy of the letter can be located on the HS screen - History ID <A123456789>


Contact details

Accessible Letters Manager for invoicing and postal address only

Services Australia website

Forms

Phone us, see:

  • Centrelink older Australians line, and
  • Disability, sickness and carers Line
Email and Letter Templates

Table 2: templates for letters and emails.

Communication category

Template/ Example

Braille letters email template

Subject line:

  • XX Accessible Letters to be formatted to braille ddmmyyyy
  • Note: change the XX at the beginning to the number of letters being sent by mail
  • Change the ddmmyyyy to the date being sent

Email Body:

  • Good morning/afternoon

Please find attached letters to be converted to braille. We have sent the XX original copies via express post today. Tracking Number/s for original letters and unsealed envelopes:

xxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Regards

Accessible Letter Team

Services Australia

Note:

  • XX - change to the number of letters being sent
  • xxxxxxxxxxxx - Change to the tracking number from the express post envelope

Attachments

  • Attach the reformatted letters to the email

Send: OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE

Letter example

Reference: XXX XXX XXX

NAME

ADDRESS

ADDRESS

DATE

Your Age Pension

During the last financial year you were in receipt of a payment from Centrelink. The details of your payments are

Age Pension/Disability Support Pension (Blind) from DATE to DATE

You may be entitled to a Medicare Levy exemption or partial reduction in the levy for the above period.

Note: delete the incorrect payment type.


File paths for letter templates and saved information

Table 3: this table provides a description of file paths for letter templates.

Types of templates

File paths

Letter templates

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13- Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\ReformattingTemplates\Large font

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\ReformattingTemplates\CD

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\ReformattingTemplates\Braille

Accessible letters register

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters

Avery label templates

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\Avery Templates

New letter templates

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\ReformattingTemplates

Braille invoicing

Vision Australia

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\Admin

Basic CD template

R:\VIC\GEELONG-13-Malop\Geelong_Accessible_Letters\ReformattingTemplates\CD