Family Mediation Scotland

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Family Mediation Scotland

• Family Mediation Homelessness

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• Family Mediation Scotland is
• National body
• Main purpose - to promote support a Scotland
  wide network of FM services
• The first Family Mediation service opened in 1984

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• Family Mediation services
• Focus on the welfare of children and young people
• Strive to reduce the distress of conflict for the
  whole family
• Work with families of all shapes forms
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Step-parents
• Same sex couples

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• Family Mediation provides
• Individual information, support advice
• Contact Centres (supervised supported)
• Support for children Young People
• Parenting groups
• Mediation
• Child focussed
• All Issues
• Inter-generational

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• Family Mediation Contact Centres
• FM Services facilitate contact between the child
  parent or other family member if there are
• Child protection concerns
• Fear of abduction
• Drug or alcohol issues
• Mental health concerns
• Parent has no where to meet the child e.g. living
  is a hostel

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• Mediation is
• A process of assisted direct negotiation where
  parties reach agreement with the help of a
  trained third party, the mediator

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• Aims of Family Mediation
• To improve communication
• To reduce conflict
• To resolve issues
• To agree arrangements

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• The process is
• voluntary
• confidential
• future focused
• solution focused
• The mediator is
• impartial
• neutral

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• Homelessness mediation what can we offer?
• Experience of
• Complex family dynamics
• Child protection issues
• Inter-generational mediation
• Scotland-wide service
• Have developed delivered Homelessness Mediation
  training programmes for other agencies

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• Homelessness service will be
• Uniform throughout the whole country, but
• Specially tailored flexible to fit area
  individual need
• Holistic - Collaboration Partnership working is
  essential
• Seamless movement for clients between
  homelessness support mediation

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• Referrals
• accepted from
• Statutory agencies
• Voluntary bodies
• Self referrals
• We will work with young people aged 14
• Respond to calls within 1 working day
• Offer a empathic listening ear

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• Information support meetings
• 1st meeting offered within 5 working days
• as many as needed to
• Ascertain whether mediation is suitable
• Help young people their families feel at ease
  build trust in the Mediator
• Consider other possible support which might be
  helpful

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• Mediation
• focussing on helping Young People to
• Remain at home, if safe to do so
• Return home, if safe to do so
• Leave home in a planned structured manner
• Re-establish or improve understanding
  communication within the family

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Family Mediation Scotland

• Family Mediation Homelessness