Bulletin Board

Job Openings Requiring ASL Proficient Staff

Mercy Behavioral Heath is preparing to provide residential services to 2 deaf individuals and open one new program.  We are ready to begin interviewing and hiring staff.

The job openings we have are for 2 different locations. One will be to provide service to one deaf individual at one of our current comprehensive mental health personal care homes, located in West Mifflin near Kennywood Park. We will be hiring 2 full time ASL proficient staff to work at this location.   If you have questions, please contact Sara Leitera at 412-326-0012.

The other program will be located in Green Meadows in Baldwin and each individual will live in his/her own apartment. Staff will provide services to one deaf individual and 8 other mental health consumers, who may or may not be deaf. The other eight consumers will probably have some other special needs pertaining to their mental health diagnoses. All of the staff we will be hiring are to be proficient in ASL.  The positions available at that location are: one supervisor, six full time staff and one part time staff.   Please direct any questions about this program to Doritta Gross at 412-882-4004.

If you are interested in applying for the position(s), please obtain a job application , complete it and return it to our Human Resources department, care of Rob Wallace.   The address is: Mercy Behavioral Health 1200 Reedsdale Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15233.   You can contact Rob at 412-323-6969 or rwallace@mercybh.org or go to our website: mercybehavioral.org to download an application.

Doritta Gross, M.Ed.
MH Residential Program Manager

Mercy Behavioral Health

412-882-4004

Who Can You Contact for Interpreting Jobs In The Pittsburgh Area?
Center for Hearing and Deaf Services,

(Community Interpreting in Allegheny & Westmoreland Counties)

Call 412-281-1375 (V/TTY) ask for

Dianne Gallagher dgallagher@hdscenter.org or

Veronica Alexander valexander@hdscenter.org

Westmoreland County contact Robert Macik 724-832-7600, rmacik@hdscenter.org

http://www.hdscenter.org/index2.html

Sign Language Interpreting Professionals (SLIP)

(Community Interpreting)

Contact Joanne Lengle at slipasl@aol.com

Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Jennifer Sabo, Coordinator of Communication Access Services, 412-394-4630 (voice); jennifer.sabo@aiu3.net

Jobs involve working with children ages 3 to 21 placed in public schools throughout Allegheny county. Full time with benefits possibilities. All interpreting jobs require a score of 3.5/70% or better on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA).

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Anita Iurlano, Program for Students with Exceptionalities,

Conroy Education Center, 1398 Page Street Pittsburgh, PA 15233.

aiurlano1@pghboe.net or call 412-323-4065 (email preferred)

Applicants would need to file application with Human Resources, Pittsburgh Board of Education, 341 South Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

University of Pittsburgh

Post Secondary Education

Contact Joan Stone, Deaf Services Coordinator

jpstone@studentaffairs.pitt.edu

Community College of Allegheny County

Post Secondary Education

Allegheny Campus contact Esther Mason, Head Director of Disability services for the Community College of Allegheny County, emason@ccac.edu or

Mary Beth Doyle, Director of Disability Services Office ,Allegheny Campus, mdoyle@ccac.edu

North Campus contact Kathy White, Director of Disability Services Office, kwhite@ccac.edu

South Campus contact Esther Mason, Director of Disability Services Office, emason@ccac.edu

Boyce Campus Patty Florentine, Director of Disability Services Office, pflorentine@ccac.edu

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
Contact Mary Zanic (412) 371-7000
Western Pennsylvania School For the Deaf

Interpreting Jobs Website:
Check out this website link for Interpreting and other deaf related job!

terpjobs.com