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Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Interpreting Service |
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1st Floor Graham Clinic
Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast
BT8 8BH |
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Office Hours: 9.00am - 5.00 pm |
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Out of Hours Service: 5.00pm - 9.00 am and Weekends |
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Nature of work/service:
- Provides face-to-face Interpreting only
- Provides a free-of-charge service to Health & Social Care practitioners and
patients
- Has 80 Trained, professional interpreters
- Provides interpreting in 32 Registered Languages
- The most requested Languages - Polish (more than ½ the requests), Lithuanian,
Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and Portuguese
- “working well with interpreters” training sessions for users
- Provides a training DVD entitled “working well with interpreters”
- provides the Certificate in Community Interpreting, level 3 accredited, training
for interpreters who wish to work within health & social care organisations.
- Provides a free-of-charge service to Health & Social Care practitioners and
patients
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Which languages are offered?
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ORGANISATION |
Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities |
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ADDRESS |
3 rd Floor Ascot House
24-31 Shaftesbury Square
Belfast
BT2 7DB |
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TELEPHONE NUMBER |
02890 238645 |
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Opening Times |
9.30am – 5pm (Mon-Thur)
9.30am – 3pm (Fri) |
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Nature of work/service:
- Capacity building for ethnic minority community groups
- Policy and information on race equality and Section 75
- Anti-racism and anti-discrimination training
- Immigration, asylum and refugee services
- Provides accredited training for community interpreters
- Ethnic Minorities Health Advocacy Project
- Advocacy and advice on racial harassment, racial attack and racial discrimination
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Can an interpreter be accessed through you? |
YES |
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If yes which languages are offered?
- Italian
- Hakka
- Spanish
- Urdu
- Arabic
- Cantonese
- French
- Hind
- Polish
- Mandarin
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Russian
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NICEM Training Programme for Community Interpreters
NICEM offers courses in partnership with Making Training Work, a training consultancy
based in London specialising in language and basic training skills. Making Training
Work designs and delivers a range of courses that enable those disadvantaged within
the labour market to develop their skills and secure qualifications and employment.
The trainers work with small groups thus providing the trainees with a high level
of personal tutorial support throughout the training process.
Basic Community Interpreting
Course Content
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Identification of needs in Black and minority ethnic communities.
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The role of the community interpreter
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Models, modes and techniques of interpreting
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Advocacy and intervention skills
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Procedures for interpreting assignments
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Confidentiality
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Providing cultural information
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Specialist language of public service
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Challenging discrimination and racism
On successful completion of the different courses candidates are invited to join
NICEM's Register of Community Interpreters and Translators, which provides interpreting
services to the statutory and voluntary sectors in areas such as social security,
healthcare and education.
To find out more about the Interpreting and Translation Service please contact:
Tanja Tierney at NICEM
Tel: 028 9023 8645 |
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ADDRESS
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Flex language services,
University of Ulster,
Shore Road,
Newtownabbey,
Co. Antrim,
BT47 0QB |
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TELEPHONE NUMBER |
028 9036 6546
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Opening Times |
9.30am – 3.30pm ONLY
Evenings
Contact organisation for details
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Flex is the University of Ulster's Foreign Languages For Export Service.
Plays a prominent part in helping local industry, commerce and the professions
to meet the demands of an ever expanding mult-lingual market.
The translation and interpreting service can facilitate when there is a need
for help with the translating of general company literature, technical or other
specialist documents, or interpreting during conferences or company visits by
customers from abroad.
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ORGANISATION |
STEP (South Tyrone Empowerment Programme) |
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ADDRESS
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S.T.E.P.
Unit T7,
2 Coalisland Rd,
Dungannon,
BT71 6JT |
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TELEPHONE NUMBER |
(028) 877 29002
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FAX NUMBER |
(028) 877 50212 |
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Opening Times |
9.30am – 3.30pm ONLY
Evenings
Contact organisation for details
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