Deaf Interpreter
SignOn Seattle
Seattle, WA
Overview: The Staff Deaf Interpreter provides professional, quality
interpreting services to SignOn’s customers while participating in a
collegial, supportive atmosphere with the SignOn Team.
Requirements:
* Experienced Deaf Interpreter: Certified (CDI) preferred
* Documented experience working with minimal language Deaf
individuals, non-standard ASL/sign users, and with monolingual
Deaf clients
* Minimum of 500 hours interpreting experience in various legal and
mental health settings
* Preferred Deaf-Blind interpreting experience (if none, must
complete training by December 2010 at your own expense)
* Five-years of experience mentoring, coaching, teaching language
and culture with certified hearing interpreters preferred
* Experience developing Deaf interpreters preferred
Duties:
* Be available 30 hours per week to provide part-time staff
interpreting services (Guarantee of 24 hours paid per week)
* Work schedule will vary from day to day depending on interpreting
demand (priority); this tends to vary from zero to full days;
unless the staff DI is on an interpreting assignment or in the
field mentoring interpreters they will be expected to be in the
office available to interpreters and administrators
* Remaining time will spend working with SignOn management
providing website support, professional development to staff -
workshops, mentoring, etc. – and whatever is deemed necessary and
appropriate for the benefit of SignOn and its staff interpreters.
Why SignOn?
* The largest user of Deaf Interpreters in Seattle
* Deaf-centric consciousness
* Full range of benefits
* Additional income earning opportunities possible
* Supportive work environment
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