Could you be a Volunteer Mediator?

• Are you calm, non-judgemental and flexible?
• Do you enjoy working with people?
• Are you able to help others resolve disputes without taking sides?

Highly-trained volunteers deliver our mediation services, and we are regularly looking for new volunteers to join our team. We do require all volunteers to undertake a 6-day Open College Network training course, even those already trained in Alternative Dispute Resolution. We normally run 1 course in any calendar year, so there may be a wait from initial application to starting the training. There is a selection process for places on the training course, and this will be outlined in more detail when course recruitment takes place.

Once trained as a mediator, you will be linked to a mentor, an experienced mediator who will be paired with you for the first 3 cases. The induction process will be outlined and explained to you at this stage.

Once trained as a mediator, we ask that you are available for at least 5 cases a year. You may be offered more cases than this, depending on the level of referrals and your availability. In return for the training, we do ask for a minimum commitment of volunteering for the service for 12 months, and we hope for a much longer association with you to reflect your enjoyment of the role.

Much more information about volunteering for Mediation Hertfordshire is contained in the Volunteer Information Pack. We can send this to you either by e-mail or post.

Click here to access the Volunteers Information Pack documents.
Click here to send us your name and address for us to post one to you.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and particularly from younger people, those from minority ethnic groups and from men. Mediation Hertfordshire is committed to equal opportunities throughout the organisation.

You can find details of other volunteering opportunities in
Hertfordshire on the following websites:

www.volunteeringherts.org
www.volunteerdacorum.org
www.cvsstalbans.org.uk
www.volunteering.org.uk

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