Essential skills: It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to: Apply dispute diagnostic skills including: recognising indicators of substance abuse recognise and respond appropriately to the indicators of domestic and family violence and abuse and power imbalances in client situations identifying, responding to and managing cultural dimensions of the conflict recognise own reactions to the dispute and/or disputants that might impair practitioner ability to conduct a fair process Apply relationship skills including: effective liaison and working relationships with other allied professionals establishing and maintaining trust and respect encourage client self determination recognise own reactions to the dispute and/or disputants that might impair practitioner ability to conduct a fair process apply age appropriate methods of relating to and eliciting perceptions, information and responses from children who have experienced high levels of parental conflict Apply process skills including: conducting appropriate intake procedures and ascertaining appropriateness of mediation for participants assisting participants to articulate concerns, negotiate and develop an agenda assisting participants in converting positions of interest and to explore own underlying interests and become aware of others, particularly children work within a child focused approach. encourage clients to focus on future options and contingencies and to create and assess workable options assist clients to understand consequences of their suggestions and plans Use response skills which include maintaining separate confidentiality strategies when working with users of violence, their partner and family members Apply assessment skills to identify needs and related issues which impact on user of violence, partner and family members Use problem solving skills for a broad range of unpredictable problems involving analysis, assessment, evaluation and the ability to adjust plans and acquire additional resources to assist users of violence, their partner, and/or family Demonstrate skills in dealing with volatile and potentially volatile clients and group situations continued ... |