Preparing for mediation: working with clients before and during mediation

Preparing for mediation – how to work with clients before and during mediation processes

• Case assessment: which cases are suitable for mediation and which are not, understanding pathways through the legal system
• Preparing clients for participation in mediation: legal advice, emotional support, cultural safety
• Supporting the mediation process: collaborative problem-solving, reality-testing, constructive communication
• Managing challenging situations: mental health and capacity, substance abuse, domestic and gender-based violence

Location:

L 3 Training Room U-City 43 Franklin St

CPD points = 1 point (professional skills)

5pm Wed 17 July 2024

Presenters

Dr Serge Loorde

Serge has worked for more than 20 years in community mediation, including significant experience with First Nations Peoples and also with people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds. He has an undergraduate law degree and practicing certificate from his home country of Germany, a Masters Degree in Dispute Management Law and a Phd in Social Sciences. Serge is a trained facilitator and mediator, a casual academic at the University of Queensland and a mediator and trainer at the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General. He regularly convenes court-ordered child protection conferences involving legal professionals.

https://www.creativedialogue.com.au/about-me/

Ippei Okazaki

Fellow of the Resolution Institute and Accredited Mediator (NMAS), GDLP, has been working full-time as a community mediator, mediation trainer, and consultant since 2007. He has a solid background in trauma-informed mediation work and has played a extensive role in multi-award-winning community mediation projects in remote regional areas across the NT/SA within ATSI communities and coordinting natural disaster recovery efforts on Kangaroo Island, Yorke Peninsula, and the River Murray communities. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Ippei was honoured as the Community Mediator of the Year by the Australian Disputes Centre in 2024.

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