About Us
Mansfield Mediation was
formed in 1994. The organisation gained Limited status in August
2000 and became independent. The organisation offers mediation services
as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to law and the courts. Since
the early 1990’s, there has been swift growth in the use of
mediation in Britain, resolving conflict in ever new areas of
dispute. Mediation UK is our accrediting body.
Aims
The aims of Mansfield
Mediation are to work with communities to reduce low level conflict
and to educate and train people in effective methods of conflict
resolution.
Mediation
Our core business is in neighbour
mediation. Neighbour mediation is mostly a free service for those
going through the process which can often resolve real problems.
The types of issues that create conflict for neighbours include:
loud music, banging doors, late night d.i.y, children, boundaries,
parking, dogs and other environmental issues.
Other areas of mediation where we
are able to provide services include: family (helping to prevent
homelessness), community (several party involvement), landlord and
tenant (where tenants may be at risk of eviction), and also workplace
(disputes in the workplace). Mediation is about giving an equal
voice to those in conflict.
Mediation is a well-established
process that seeks to resolve disagreements in which an impartial
third party ( the mediator) assists parties in a dispute to find
a solution to the issues raised. Mediation is a voluntary
process, both parties agree to take part. Parties are brought together
in mutual consent through the support of a mediator, to become
reconciled or to amicably resolve their differences. Mediation is
most often delivered through an independent organisation.
Mediation is:
- confidential
- impartial (facilitated by an impartial third party)
- non judgemental
- informal
- future-focused
- able to deal with a number of issues and seeks to find the root causes
- taking a step by step approach
Mediation seeks to:
- resolve conflict
- find solutions to meet the needs of all
- create a win-win solution for individuals
- create realistic agreement
- treat all parties with fairness
- understand other peoples worries, problems and issues
- resolve power imbalances
Mediation is suitable for a wide number
of problems. Mediation is most successful when used early and before
real dispute is apparent, this early intervention will often prevent
situations from becoming much more difficult for all parties.
Training
Conflict resolution has
been identified as a need in training for young people and adults.
Because of the nature of our work, we believe that help for e.g.
with assertiveness and handling aggression is needed by some of
us individuals within the community. We have sought to make this
course and others a free service for adults where this type of training
may be helpful. In partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council
and the Adult Community Learning Service through the Learning and
Skills Council, courses have been designed which seek to make available
a set of skills and learning for every day life. There is full eligibility
for these courses in Nottinghamshire.
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