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The AIT have organised a Mental Health Awareness for Interpreters webinar on Fri, 9 April 2021 at 14:00, delivered by Phil Muriel who is an experienced and highly qualified interpreter and translator
With 20 years’ experience as an interpreter, Phil is also an experienced lecturer and qualified tutor -
For those of you who wrote to your MPs, who then received an answer from the Ministry of Justice which did not answer the questions, please find here a further letter to be used/adapted by your MP
They can insist on specific answers, rather than bland statements of confidence in the language services provision at HMCTS. Please copy and paste this pro forma and send to your MP -
HMCTS newly launched Complaints Procedure for issues in language services delivery
Please click here, review and follow up with any evidenced complaints you wish to bring to the attention of the Ministry of Justice -
Self-employed grants: What help is available and when can you apply?
Click here for the latest news for the self-employed -
Following answers on 25th February 2021 to questions asked by Alex Cunningham, Shadow Minister (Justice), regarding language service delivery at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), more questions need answering
Click here for further questions which need to be answered regarding the qualifications and experience requirements of HMCTS’s language services -
When engaging with a public service interpreter, be it in the courts, a doctor’s consulting room or in a vaccination centre, ensure they are regulated, comply with the Code of Professional Conduct and are registered on the National Register
Check if they have the right qualifications, have done the hard miles and gained over 400 hours of public service interpreting experience and abide by the Code of Professional Conduct - see their NRPSI badge -
Extract from an email sent to BBC Woman's Hour regarding professional interpreting services in the NHS
Read this short extract - superb reaction to a radio feature helping promote your National Register -
See this exploration of the basics of better financial management for you as a sole-trader in a webinar organised by the AIT
Managing your finances as a self-employed sole-trader is vital and so often we do not have the best foundations in place -
NRPSI continues to be concerned about those who are not fit to practice, who do not have Level 6 public service interpreting qualifications, acting in court settings.
NRPSI is urgently seeking further consultation with HMCTS to explore the list of interpreters used by the Ministry of Justice given it seems there are those with lower standard interpreting qualifications as well as those without public service qualificat -
Template Letter for MPs
Copy and send to your local member of Parliament if you too are shocked by the latest news about interpreting services in the Ministry of Justice -
NRPSI Reacts to 'Fake Interpreter' Working in HMCTS Settings News Story
Click here for NRPSI's reaction -
‘Extremely poor’: Translator conned his way into court role based on bogus qualifications
He forged a certificate to interpret Pashto and Dari, then assumed the identity of his older brother and could work as a Tier 1 translator. Where's the oversight? -
Fake court interpreter earned £65,500 from 140 cases including grooming gang trial
Patang worked under two identities; one in his name but using forged qualifications, and another posing as a legitimate court interpreter; where’s the oversight? -
Click here for HMCTS processes for dealing with coronavirus cases which impact our courts and tribunals, including how information about incidents can be shared with staff, judiciary and professional court users.
Reporting COVID-19 incidents to court and tribunal staff and professional court users -
AIT organised webinar forcusing on ‘Finance for the Self-Employed’ on Wed, 17 February 2021 at 14:00
Delivered by Mike Orlov, Executive Director of NRPSI, this session will include: Terms and Conditions; Understanding the systems used by the contractor; Invoicing; Chasing late payers; managing your business
