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.

Closing date for applications is 29 August 2014.

To apply for this course please contact:

Project Officer, Ballymun Community Law Centre

Phone: 01 8625805

Email: info@mediationballymun.ie