ASL/ENGLISH INTERPRETER

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The Ministry of Education, Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf, requires an ASL/English Interpreter to provide interpreting services in educational, residential, support and resource services programs for students and staff who do not share the same language, culture or communication method.

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About the job

• Provide interpretation services for individual Deaf students and/or groups of Deaf students in various classroom settings.
• Facilitate communication for Deaf students during extracurricular and special activities.
• Provide interpretation services for administrative and professional staff in sensitive and demanding situations.
• Provide interpretation services for school training sessions and workshops.

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory:

• Graduation from an Interpreter Training Program

Knowledge and Skills:

Your background and experience enables you to meet the following requirements:

• Knowledge of or experience working with the Provincial Schools Branch preferred.
• Ability to interpret in a wide range of formal, informal, educational and professional settings.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Professional Code of Ethics (i.e. Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada) and the Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters (OASLI), fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf culture.
• Excellent language skills including proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) including receptive and expressive skills and spoken English.
• Demonstrated familiarity with other communication preferences and issues (i.e. oral/total communication including various sign systems).
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Experience interpreting in both small and large group settings.
• Ability to operate a fully programmable computer.
• An Interpreter proficiency test will be administered during the interview process

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  You will be responsible for obtaining the criminal record check at your own expense and provide it, along with your written consent, to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), HR Service Delivery Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional screening checks as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above that were not obtained directly by you. (Note: If a Vulnerable Sector Screening/Check is required, it must also be obtained in person at your local police service.)
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

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