Interpreter / Translator - Band 5

The post holder will be responsible to provide a professional, accurate and effective interpretation service in the relevant language and dialect on behalf of The Talking therapies service within CWPT.

The Post Holder will facilitate communication between patients/service users and healthcare professionals who do not share a common language.

The post Holder will work closely with the senior management team and with the Communications department to develop materials in support of promoting and increasing awareness of the service to relevant populations.

They will also play a role in the education, training and support in mental health and psychological issues for primary care professionals and other relevant agencies.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Interpreter/Translator to join the NHS Talking Therapies service delivered jointly by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and MIND. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established service that continues to offer high quality; evidence based psychological interventions for our identified populations.

CWPT NHS Talking Therapies is a progressive service which encourages professional development, supervision and peer support with an identifiable career pathway for PWP's to develop into more specialised or senior roles. We work closely with members of the local community, service Commissioners, GP's, secondary care services and various voluntary sector agencies.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day., At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us


• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more


• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more


• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes


• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more


• staff networks and support groups


We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.