1.Trauma-Informed Interpretation:
- Provide verbatim, first-person consecutive interpretation during social work intake,
- medical triage, legal aid sessions, and police/DCI interviews.
- Maintain absolute linguistic neutrality, refraining from summarizing, filtering, judging, or
- offering personal advice to the victim.
- Document Translation:
- Translate critical shelter documentation, consent forms, emergency signs, and rights
- notifications between English/Swahili and target languages (Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, or
- Somali).
- Translate foreign identity papers, travel documents, or written statements needed for
- legal and repatriation processes.
3.Cultural & Contextual Guidance:
- Offer non-intrusive cultural context to the social work team regarding idioms, regional
- nuances, or social taboos without compromising session objectivity.
4. Confidentiality & Safeguarding Compliance:
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- Sign and adhere strictly to the program’s Code of Ethics, Non-Disclosure Agreement
- (NDA), and Kenya’s Data Protection Act (2019).
- Participate in required pre-session trauma briefings and post-session debriefings with the
- social worker to mitigate vicarious trauma.
- KEY CONSULTANCY DELIVERABLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
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1. Trauma-Informed Interpretation:
○ Provide verbatim, first-person consecutive interpretation during social work intake,
medical triage, legal aid sessions, and police/DCI interviews.
○ Maintain absolute linguistic neutrality, refraining from summarizing, filtering, judging, or
offering personal advice to the victim.
2. Document Translation:
○ Translate critical shelter documentation, consent forms, emergency signs, and rights
notifications between English/Swahili and target languages (Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, or
Somali).
○ Translate foreign identity papers, travel documents, or written statements needed for
legal and repatriation processes.
3. Cultural & Contextual Guidance:
○ Offer non-intrusive cultural context to the social work team regarding idioms, regional
nuances, or social taboos without compromising session objectivity.
4. Confidentiality & Safeguarding Compliance:
○ Sign and adhere strictly to the program’s Code of Ethics, Non-Disclosure Agreement
(NDA), and Kenya’s Data Protection Act (2019).
○ Participate in required pre-session trauma briefings and post-session debriefings with the
social worker to mitigate vicarious trauma.
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