A few members of staff are available if colleagues need help speaking to customers whose first language is not English, if they were to arrive at our front desk and need initial assistance.
These staff are fluent or have a basic knowledge of a small selection of languages including French, Arabic, Persian, Serbian, Croatian, Polish and Japanese.
- Fluent in Japanese, fair in Mandarin and good in French. Cilla Underhill, Housing Options Officer, Pippbrook Full time – but in and out, Ext: 3197
- Fluent in French, basic Arabic. Dia Irmal, Electoral Services Manager, Pippbrook Full time, Ext: 3215
- First language Czech and Slovakian, basic Polish. Pavla Stones, Planning Administrative Officer, Part time: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Ext: 3642.
- First language Polish. Emilia Grodzka-McDowell, Principal Accountant. Full time. Ext: 3141
- Fluent Serbian/Croatian. Tanya Mileusnic, Licensing Officer Environmental Health. Full Time. Ext 3234.
- First language Norwegian, understands verbal and written Swedish and Danish. Basic German, French and Italian. Elin Darbo-Egan, Assistant FM & Project Manager, Pippbrook Full time. Ext: 3627
- First language Punjabi and Hindi. Jatin Arora, Telecare Operator , Park House. Working pattern is 3 shifts per week, including nights (8am to 8pm or 8pm to 8am). Ext: 3510 or any Park House control room phone.
- First language Bulgarian. Ivan Banchev, Civil Enforcement Team, Pippbrook. Monday to Saturday working 7am to 4pm and 8am to 5pm.
- First languages French and Mauritian. Sameer Abdool, GIS Data officer, Pippbrook Full time. Ext: 3362.
- First language Portuguese, basic Spanish. Eduardo Aguilar, Sports & Communities Officer, Piippbrook Full time. Ext 3194.
Interpreting
For more information on British Sign Language interpreting, telephone, face-to-face and braille support services visit the Language Line website.