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Volunteer Position: Mediator

Agency: Dispute Mediation Services

Population Served: Kids in Chaotic Homes, Truants & Runaways, Abused/Neglect in Care

General summary of volunteer project:
To provide mediation, conciliation and consensus-based strategies for resolving disputes in a fair, expeditious and inexpensive manner including mediating temporary orders for the family courts and mediating CPS cases.

Time commitment: Hours per week: 3 hrs. 
Hours per month: 6 hrs.

Length of commitment: Up to volunteer after initial training and supervised practicum.

Location: Dispute Mediation offices at 3400 Carlisle (Mapsco # 35X) and various off-site locations

Specific volunteer responsibilities:

1. Serve as mediator/facilitator.

Volunteer qualifications:

1. Forty hours basic mediation training plus 24 hours of family mediation training. Thirty additional hours are required for CPS cases.

Training required:

1. Required training by Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code 154.052 and the Dispute Mediation Service.

Required training provided at:
Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street, Dallas, TX 75204 (Mapsco #35X)

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