ASL Interpreter

WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Our Guiding Principles:

• Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.

• Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.

• Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.

• Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary: Provide American sign language (ASL) interpretation for clinicians, people we serve, and staff for WellPower in various settings.

Compensation & Benefits:

• $64,001.60 - $90,001.60 per year

• For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/

The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications.

Job Duties & Functions:

• Provides ASL interpretation during various virtual and in-person meetings, conferences, trainings, and therapeutic interactions (counseling, case management) for clinical staff and the people we serve.

• Maintain adherence to the RID and NCIHC codes of professional conduct and the role of the interpreter.

• Serve as advocate and liaison between the Deaf, hard of hearing and Deaf/Blind communities and hearing providers.

• Collaborate with Impact & Engagement department to provide ideas and feedback on how to make all services inclusive for the Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind people we serve and staff.

• Work with providers who do not sign on best practices to ensure an inclusive and equitable experience for the Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind people we serve.

• Assist the Language Services Manager with trainings specific to the Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind community.

• Serve as back up interpreter scheduler, when needed.

• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.

• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

• Minimum 3 years of experience of ASL interpretation.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of Deaf culture.

• Experience working with non-profit organizations, mental health or healthcare is preferred.

• Must have RID CI/CT, NIC or BEI certification or equivalent.

Work Location: This is a hybrid opportunity open to folks residing in the Greater Denver Metro area.

Shift/Hours: This is a Monday-Friday opportunity observing standard business hours with 60% of the week being on-site, while the other 40% is remote work.

Physical Requirements: Requires sitting, standing, bending, and reaching. May require lifting up to 40 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Learn more about WellPower:

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice