Interpretation Services
If spoken English is not your first language, we can provide you with free language interpretation or sign language interpretation when you access our services at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. Our interpreters are professionally trained and have specialized knowledge of violence against women and gender diverse people issues.
We provide free interpretation services to service providers serving woman abuse survivors in many settings, including:
- individual or group counselling sessions
- in shelters, for counselling, workshops and residents’ meetings
- at Domestic Violence Courts, during preparation, trials, partner contact, crown meetings and conference calls, and for general information
- at the Women’s College Hospital sexual assault unit, for crisis counselling, short-term counselling, emergency and follow-up medical care
- at legal aid and immigration offices
- at medical appointments
- at legal appointments
- appointments with housing, welfare, employment insurance and other social services
- in other group settings, including educational workshops or therapy groups
- at settlement and other agencies
- at schools, for PTA meetings, registrations, etc.
Join our team of language Interpreters
The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic Interpreter Services is seeking trained and qualified Freelance Language Interpreters to join our roster of professional interpreters.
Our Interpreter Services team plays an important role in supporting access to trauma-informed services for women and gender-based violence survivors from diverse communities. We are currently recruiting interpreters in the following languages and dialects:
Czech, Dari, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hungarian, Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Nepali, Oromo, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Tibetan, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Yoruba.
Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their information and supporting documentation by email to:
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Your support is important to the work we do today and every day, helping us to make a lasting impact on those we serve.
The Schlifer Clinic is thankful for the continued generosity of its donors and supporters.