Who are the Mediators?

Julie

Julie has worked as a Family Mediator since 1997 and is also our Professional Practice Manager, working full time for the service. Julie has a background in adult education and child care. 

Denise

Denise worked as a local solicitor, specialising in family law, for many years. She was first involved with the Service as a Legal Consultant but then went on to train as a Family Mediator. She enjoys the challenges working in mediation brings

Rebekah

Rebekah has been a mediator since 2001. She also has a legal background working as a solicitor in this country and Australia, practising mainly in family law. Rebekah also works at Warwick District Citizens Advice Bureau as a general adviser, which she finds compliments the mediation work.

Lorraine

Lorraine has worked as a Family Mediator since April 2004. She has had a career spanning thirty years within the Financial Services sector and continues to work part time as a Financial Crime Officer. Lorraine is also a couple counsellor with Relate.

Chamundeeswari (Sham)

Sham joined our team as a trainee mediator in February 2007 having completed her core training with Adr Group. She has a background in Family Law after studying Law at Warwick University. Sham has been assessed as "Ready to Practice" and from January 2008 will be allocated her own caseload to manage, supervised by one of our trained mediators.

All our mediators participate in extensive core family mediation training and co-work with experienced mediators to gain the practical skills. Once assessed internally as "Ready to Practice" trainee mediators must manage (supervised by a trained mediator) and complete 5 cases and then submit a portfolio to National Family Mediation for competence assessment, before they can work as a sole mediator. All mediators are required to participate in CPD activities annually, participate in annual appraisal and receive regular supervison.