Sarah Hardcastle is the newest member of our mediation coordinator team, having joined us in March 2021. Coming from a career as a primary school teacher, she is working with Family Matters to increase her knowledge and understanding of mediation - from the first phone call. Sarah has completed training as a mediator and is working in the referral team before starting work on her FMC … [Read more...]
Tips for separated parents planning holidays during COVID
Most people look forward to their holidays – indeed we will all look forward to some sort of break when we are free of COVID and can travel freely. However, for separated parents, what is often a logistical challenge of some proportions, 2021 has probably become more like a military operation. Planning a holiday with children when you are separated can seem like a huge … [Read more...]
Separating in later life
Mena Ruparel Separating at any point in life poses a range of challenges and at Family Matters we are dedicated to understanding and appropriately responding to the different circumstances of each case. As part of developing Family Matters’ expertise in this area, we have been running dedicated training events to understand the particular challenges experienced by people who … [Read more...]
Being a trainee mediator during COVID
Lorraine Macnay I completed the foundation training in mediation in November 2019, whilst I was working as a full-time senior family support officer in Leeds. During the early part of 2020, pre-lockdown, I was in the process of getting to know my professional practice consultant who had introduced the idea of a traineeship with Family Maters Mediation. My meeting with … [Read more...]
Online mediation and new appointments – a personal view
After 14 months of working online as a mediator, I can see the potential of it and the benefits for clients, mediators, and mediation. COVID thrust us into a new world of online mediation, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Skype. In my case, very much against my will and I had to develop an additional set of skills as an online mediator. Of course, I had concerns about: How do I make sure that the … [Read more...]
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