{"id":9,"date":"2017-08-01T12:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T12:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/law-free\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:36:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-886480d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"886480d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69c0745\" data-id=\"69c0745\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1547f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b1547f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About me<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b389090 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b389090\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a85609\" data-id=\"1a85609\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2e6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc2e6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chantelle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1233\" alt=\"Chantelle - Registered Witness Intermediary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chantelle.jpg 750w, https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chantelle-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60e6b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b60e6b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/intermediary_about.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1234\" alt=\"How to book an intermediary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/intermediary_about.jpg 750w, https:\/\/deafintermediary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/intermediary_about-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d198be\" data-id=\"4d198be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3pry7y elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3pry7y\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chantelle De La Croix<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c77f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c77f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of Croix Deaf Intermediary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccekksq elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccekksq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My professional background is in working with deaf people in a wide range of different domains including third sector, education, community, police and court work.\u00a0 I have specialised in working with deaf children and adults with additional complex communication needs for over 30 years.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am a qualified Registered Witness Intermediary with the Ministry of Justice providing communication support for deaf adults and children throughout their involvement with the police and the courts. I work with both victims and witnesses with a range of physical and learning disabilities from a wide range of social and ethnic backgrounds<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have considerable experience and knowledge of working practices in family courts and mental health tribunals. I also work very closely with professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapists, solicitors, barristers, speech therapists, audiologists, teachers of the deaf and social workers. I am passionate about empowering Deaf people to enable them to make informed choices.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">As well as working as a Registered Intermediary, a role which entails supporting individuals, I also work as a Deaf Relay Interpreter \u2013 a role which entails language modification (without additional personal support) for deaf people who have complex communication skills.\u00a0 Most of my experience lies in the police and court domains supporting deaf individuals with complex language needs and\/or those who are not fluent in British Sign Language and are therefore unable to understand an ordinary British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Being deaf myself, I have a wealth of personal experience in working with people who use idiosyncratic, non-standard signs or gestures and I am able recognise their individual life experiences and cultural differences.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-logsadt elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"logsadt\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-zjkjcrm\" data-id=\"zjkjcrm\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About me Chantelle De La Croix Director of Croix Deaf Intermediary My professional background is in working with deaf people in a wide range of different domains including third sector, education, community, police and court work.\u00a0 I have specialised in working with deaf children and adults with additional complex communication needs for over 30 years. 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