We are very excited that from the 2nd of August the rest of the North West Police Forces (Mersey, GMP, Cumbria & Lancs) join Cheshire and North Wales Police in outsourcing all their language service requirements to Applied Language Solutions.
We are equally delighted that many experienced and highly-qualified interpreters have applied to work with us on these contracts, adding their expertise to our existing and substantial register of professional linguists.
The planned "greener" headquarters of Greater Manchester Police Force.
This is an open invitation to all professional, highly-qualified interpreters to apply to join us in delivering this service. We have multiple public sector contracts in the North West and we offer our interpreters a constant stream of interesting and rewarding assignments.
This work varies from the NHS, Local Government and Probation Services, through to the Police and Courts. Due to the growing number of customers in the area, we are able to offer large amount of assignments and we are always keen to talk to the cream of the profession. Our interpreters are able to increase their hours, working on many interesting and busy contracts, which can only benefit their experience – while greatly increase their earning potential.
We fully understand that this new approach from the Police forces in sourcing their language professionals has caused some concerns within the profession, and some interpreters have been reluctant to engage with us. Therefore I extend this open invitation to any interpreter or relevant representative group to visit our offices, meet our team and, if they have any questions, we will answer them and address their concerns in full.
Regarding fees, we have put together a reward structure that we believe will be very attractive to all interpreters and will allay any lingering fears that income will be adversely affected by working with us.
To give you an idea of the sheer volume of work we involved, we have several thousand assignments to meet each month and we will always allocate this work to the cream of the interpreting profession. These assignments aren’t just in the North West but cover the entire UK.
If the promise of a constant supply of interesting, challenging and well-rewarded work sounds interesting to you, please do not hesitate to contact ALS on 01457 821 002 (during 9-5 office hours, select option two) or email bilingualpeople@appliedlanguage.com with your details.
You might well be excited about securing the contract with more police forces but I can assure you that a great number of experienced & well qualified interpreters are not. They have spent a great deal of time and money to become qualified, and are rewarded accordingly by the police, for their skills.
However, now you are taking over as middle man, they would have to take a big pay cut in order for you to become even more wealthy. I wonder just how concerned you are about the quality of the interpreting going down, as many qualified interpreters will refuse, on principle, to work for you.
My husband has many years of experience as a police interpreter but would not even consider working for you. Your loss but more importantly, a great loss to the criminal justice system, as his skills will no longer be available to the police. Why should he work for half pay??
Hi Sharon,
We’re obviously disappointed that your husband feels that he doesn’t want to work with us, particularly as the rates we are paying are comparable to the existing discretionary Police rates.
In addition, by working with us he would have access to more interesting and well-paid assignments in his working day, thereby increasing his income and his experience. We must however correct your claim that he – or anyone else – would be working for “half-pay”, as this is not the case.
In response to your concern about the standard of interpreting, please be assured that our primary concern is always the delivery of the best quality service to the Police. We would therefore only ever allocate the most highly-qualified interpreters to all assignments, and the quality of interpreting to the Police, as a result of Applied Language Solutions winning this contract, will only improve.
Again, this is an open invitation to all interpreters, so we would encourage any interested parties to get in touch and discuss the opportunities available with Applied Language Solutions – even if just to clarify what this announcement means.
If you would like to email us at bilingualpeople@appliedlanguage.com, we will be happy to call your husband to discuss our actual rates of pay.
I am also an interpreter with the GMP /MERSEYSIDE /LANCASHIRE Forces .for many Years,and I fullfil all their current veting requirements.
I am not able to understand how you will be able to maintain the high standard as required.
Thanks for your comments. We are always interested to receive feedback on our blogs. We are able to maintain the highest standards by employing only the best and most competent interpreters, all of whom have to pass the Police’s own vetting process. We look forward with excitement to the Ministry of Justice tender award, which will outsource all CJS language services in the UK from early 2011. If you wish to be assessed to be part of our team please contact interpretingwork@appliedlanguage.com
ALS winning the contract is great news but I am not surprised at all because ALS provides the best quality service by working with experienced highly qualified interpreters. I have been working with ALS and I am sure they will be able to maintain the high standard as required by allocating the cream of interpreters. Wish ALS all the best.
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