NRCPD Newsletter | February 2016

25 February 2016

Dear colleague

Following the open meetings to talk about our plans for statutory regulation we have updated the frequently asked questions.

If you weren't able to attend one of the meetings, there will still be lots of opportunities for you to tell us what you think. The Board will consider a timetable of action at its July meeting, after which we will publish it for consultation. Your comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

If you have questions about anything in this newsletter, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can also follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

Kind regards

Kate Price

Registration Service Manager

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Statutory regulation

In January we held three open meetings to talk about our statement of regulatory intent with our stakeholders. We have now updated the frequently asked questions. In the summer we will produce and consult you about a timetable for action to make improvements to NRCPD.

Advice on RBSLI membership

We have written to agencies advising them of the decision by the Ministry of Justice that the Self Regulatory Body for Sign Language Interpreters and Translators Ltd (RBSLI) does not meet the requirements to be included in its second generation contract for the provision of language services.

CPD audit

The annual CPD audit will take place at the end of April. If you are selected for audit we will let you know next month and tell you what you need to do. For more information about the audit, please see the CPD handbook.

Practitioner Forum

We held a Practitioner Forum meeting on 8 February. We discussed the development of new routes to registration, a quality mark for agencies, and how to improve our communication with deaf and deafblind people. Minutes are available on the website.

Immigration Bill no barrier to Deaf people

The Immigration Bill proposes to make it a requirement that people working in public service customer facing roles be fluent in English or Welsh. Following representations from Signature and Sense, the government response to the consultation on the Bill confirms that people whose first or only language is a signed language are not barred from working in those roles. The requirement can be met by the provision of a sign language interpreter.

DWP market review

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking evidence for a review of the communication and language support market. The deadline for submissions is 4 March 2016. If you have any questions about the review, please contact DWP via dhes.comment@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.

Respond to the NUBSLI annual survey

The 2016 NUBSLI survey is collecting information that will be used in the NUBSLI submission to the review of the communication and language support market. All interpreters for deafblind people, sign language interpreters and sign language translators are encouraged to respond. They will particularly appreciate responses from trainee sign language interpreters and deaf translators. The deadline for responses is 28 February.

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Current Number of Registrants


Discipline

Region

Electronic Notetaker

Deafblind Interpreter

Lipspeaker

Manual Notetaker

Sign Language Interpreter

Sign Language Translator

Speech to Text Reporter

Trainee SLI

Trainee SLT

East Midlands

1

 

1

 

101

 

2

17

 

North West

1

2

3

1

131

 

5

27

 

South

East

3

1

6

3

165

3

2

35

1

North

East

 

 

1

 

28

1

 

2

 

South West

1

2

1

1

66

 

2

21

 

Strathclyde

2

2

1

1

22

1

 

6

 

West Midlands

1

4

2

4

104

1

 

62

 

East of England

 

3

3

 

66

2

6

21

 

London

 

1

2

1

93

4

4

19

2

Central Scotland

 

 

1

 

16

 

 

4

 

Northern Ireland

 

 

1

 

24

 

 

4

 

Wales

 

 

4

 

41

1

2

4

 

Yorkshire & the Humber

 

 

2

 

66

 

2

8

 

Grampian

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Highlands & Islands

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

Lothian & Borders

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Tayside

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Dumfries & Galloway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Eire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

9

15

28

10

928

13

25

231

3

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