Cathryn McShane
British Sign Language/English Interpreter
MRSLI MASLI
Interpreting experience to date
- Training courses
- Workplace inductions
- Workplace interpreting (including staff/team meetings, supervision meetings and appraisals)
- Food hygiene and health and safety
- Conferences, workshops, and seminars
- GP and hospital appointments
- Medical assessments
- Job Interviews
- Welfare benefit interviews
- Television interviews
- Deaf Equality Training
- Deaf awareness training
- Social services meetings and assessments
- Parenting courses
- Multidisciplinary meetings
- Education
- Housing interviews
- Telephone interpreting
- Consultation meetings, forums, and focus groups
- Youth work environments
- Arts events
- Social and activity events
- Voluntary sector
Areas of specialist knowledge and expertise
Voluntary sector, workplace interpreting, social work, welfare benefits, and special educational needs.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in BSL/English Interpreting - UCLAN - 2008
- CACDP NVQ Level 3 British Sign Language - Bridgwater College - 2004
- MA in Social Work (Distinction) - Cardiff University - 2001
- Diploma in Social Work - Cardiff University - 2000
- CACDP Stage 2 BSL - Severn Road Centre, Cardiff - 1999
- BSc Econ Social Policy (2:1) - Cardiff University - 1996
- CACDP Stage 1 - Howardian Centre, Cardiff - 1995
- A Levels (3 x A grade &1 x B grade) - Liverpool Community College - 1993
- GCSEs (6 x A grade & 3 x B grade - inc. English, Maths, and extended Welsh) - Sir Thomas Picton Comprehensive School, Haverfordwest - 1991
Additional training courses attended
- Sign Linguistics for Interpreters - facilitated by Rachel Sutton-Spence (Sept 2006)
- Pragmatics - facilitated by Nigel Cleaver (June 2005)
- BSL Linguistics - facilitated by Nigel Cleaver (March 2005)
Professional membership
- Member of the Register of Sign Language Interpreters (MASLI) - CACDP ID No: H/ 2644
- Full member of the Association of Sign Language Interpreters (ASLI) Member: 709
Recent employment history
- Freelance BSL/English Interpreter - since July 2006
- Currently registered with the following interpreter booking agencies: Deaf Association Wales, Wales Council for Deaf People, Sign Solutions, and RNID
- South Wales Family Officer for National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) - Oct 2000-Jan 2007
- Social Worker with North West Cardiff Community Mental Health team - October 1999-April 2000
- Various voluntary roles with the British Deaf Association and Deaf Association Wales - Mar 1999-Jan 2007
- Social Work student and researcher with Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), Cardiff - Apr 1999-Oct 1999