Mediation Ballymun - Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills Training Course - September 2014

Dates:   8^th, 9^th and 10^th of September. 19^th, 22^nd and 23^rd of September.  

Time:  9:30am-5:00pm

Venue: Ballymun Community Law Centre

Course Director: Geoffrey Corry

What is Community Mediation?

Community Mediation is based on three ideas:

• That the best people to resolve a dispute are the people who are actually involved.
• When communication has broken down, or when feelings are running high, it can be useful to have the help of an impartial outsider to find a way forward.
• The mediator is a volunteer from a local community who believes that community is built by resolving local disputes one by one.
• In mediation a trained mediator works with people involved in a conflict to help them hear each other’s concerns and decide on an agreement which is acceptable to all.

The Course is divided into a number of themes:

• Conflict Resolution skills and your own style of handling conflict
• The positive value of conflict
• An introduction to the mediation process
• Managing separate private meetings to prepare for the joint meeting
• Managing a joint meeting involving the two disputants or other parties

Acceptance on to the course is subject to interview.

Phone: 01 8625805