Training/Events

Course Objectives

By the end of the training you will be able to:
Identify the elements of communications and how they impact on cross cultural communication
Have a clear understanding on how and when to use professional interpreters
Have gained practical skills in working with interpreters
Understand the processes involved in getting the most out of translations

Details

Time: 9:30am-1pm

Date: 24 August 2010

Who Should Attend: All staff working in community care 

Cost: $20 HACC service workers, $60 Non-HACC services workers

Contact: HACC Development Officer This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    P: 02) 8405 4444

Parking: available for a fee under the railway station. (see website for map of area www.nsforum.org.au). Street parking is metered and time limited.

Public Transport: 2 minute walk from St Leonards Railway Station.

Facilitator Profile

Maria Katrivesis has more than 20 years experience in the human services sector.  She has worked directly with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with a range of disabilities, and has a passion for working with diversity issues.  Her hands-on skills are complemented by extensive experience with policy development, project management, and building partnerships and alliances. 

She is an experienced and innovative trainer who is committed to participatory processes.  In addition, she is an effective communicator and has an eye for original and accessible training resource design.

Over the last 15 years Maria has worked in positions aimed at effecting organisational change to improve cultural competency capacity in the human services sector with an emphasis on disability services. 

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