improving the quality of mental health interpreting in victoria

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4. Rural and Regional Issues It is important that any programs developed should be available to interpreters who work outside metropolitan settings. This is particularly important in those regional areas of Victoria where refugees are being systematically re-settled. Recommendation 4.1 It is recommended that the State Government makes available to non-metropolitan interpreters the support that will enable them to participate in professional development and formal award training programs in Mental Health Interpreting. 5. Incentives to Participate in Further Training Most interpreters now work in a privatised and fragmented system of interpreting service provision. It is recognised that appropriate incentives may be required to encourage interpreters to participate in further training. There are two broad groups of possible incentives: 1. Financial support for meeting the costs of further training. 2. The institution of processes that will make interpreters who have undertaken further training more competitive in securing work in mental health services. Recommendation 5.1 It is recommended that VOMA makes available a number of full and part scholarships that would encourage appropriately qualified interpreters to undertake training in mental health interpreting. VOMA should consider this an extension of the current scholarship program for general interpreter training. Recommendation 5.2 It is recommended that the Mental Health Branch establishes mechanisms that would encourage mental health service agencies to give preference to interpreters who have received training at an acceptable level in mental health interpreting. Conclusion This project has demonstrated that there is renewed recognition that the field of mental health interpreting involves specialist skills and that these skills need to be built on the competencies required for professional interpreting. To enable these specialist skills to be developed all key stakeholders have acknowledged the need to develop relevant curriculum and training programs. This is critical, to enable interpreters themselves to work more 49
50 effectively in mental health settings, to ensure accurate interpretation in clinical encounters with CALD consumers and families, and also to meet policy makers’ requirements for quality language services. As they continue to make policy around improving language access to services, policy makers must also continue to commit to the development and implementation of training programs that best meet the needs and contexts to which they hope to contribute. The present initiative reflects the Victorian Government’s commitment and desire to improve the current situation of mental health interpreting in Victoria. The enthusiastic participation of key Victorian stakeholders in the current project has demonstrated that there is a clear commitment to a continuing collaborative effort for establishing curriculum and training programs for mental health interpreting in Victoria.
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