The Graduate Certificate in Mediation (Family) qualifies individuals who apply a body of knowledge in mediation theory and practice to undertake professional or highly skilled work in settings requiring them to work with interpersonal, family and/or organisational conflict.
Content & Structure
Graduates will have advanced knowledge and mediation practical skills within a systematic and coherent body of family dispute resolution. Graduates will develop negotiation skills, narrative and transformative mediation styles, conflict coaching, dealing with difficult behaviours and strong emotions, balancing power and managing the mediation process.
Graduates will develop knowledge of the legislative requirements relating to family dispute resolution, and will explore issues around family separation including domestic and family violence, child inclusive practice and practice issues for family dispute resolution practitioners.
The students will complete 18 units of study comprising 3 core courses and 1 specialisation course.
1. The Graduate Certificate program is equivalent to one half year full-time but is offered on a part-time basis over one or two years.
Notes
1. This course is a prerequisite to WELF 5082 Advanced Mediation Theory and Practice and WELF 5107 Legislative Frameworks for Mediators, and a corequisite to WELF 5084 Family Dispute Resolution.