Human Services Sign Language Interpreter

Job description

Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60634
Job Requisition ID: 43471
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: HUMAN SERVICES SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER - 19810
Closing Date/Time: 02/13/2025
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $5,179 - $7,341 per month ($62,148 - $88,092 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC062
Posting Identification Number 43471


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Position Overview
The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Human Services Sign Language Interpreter for the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois to serve as an interpreter for civil and forensic psychiatric inpatient consumers who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and/or Deaf-Blind in a variety of situations such as admission/discharges, individual patient and group counseling sessions, fitness restoration, treatment/discharge planning, medical appointments, phone calls and family visits. Also provides interpreting services for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing state employees. Coordinates interpreter services for in-house and agency interpreters. Provides staff instruction in sign language, deafness, Deaf Culture and working with an interpreter.
Essential Functions
• Serves as an interpreter for civil and forensic psychiatric inpatient consumers who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and/or Deaf-Blind in a variety of situations such as admission/discharges, individual patient and group counseling sessions, fitness restoration, treatment/discharge planning, phone calls and family visits.
• Interprets admission and discharge procedures, and phone calls and visits with collaterals.
• Coordinates in-house and agency interpreter services for staff and/or consumers.
• Interprets for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing staff during orientation, trainings, special seminars, facility/ unit/department meetings, etc. as related to Division of Mental Health/Department of Human Services (DHS) job duties.
• Provides staff instruction in sign language, deafness, Deaf Culture and how to work with an interpreter.
• Participates in DHS and Chicago-Read Mental Health Center mandatory training.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• sign language