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Proifessional accreditation status

Some subjects within this course are accredited by the Practitioner Accreditation Unit, Family Law Branch, Attorney-General’s Department as follows: LB5501 Mediation, LB5519 Family Dispute Resolution, LB5528 Advanced Family Dispute Resolution – plus the Mediation Accreditation Workshop (professional development). These are deemed equivalent to six compulsory units of the Vocational Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution required for accreditation as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.  Students must also complete a practicum of a minimum of 10 hours supervised practice with real clients – JCU helps students find a placement, but this is not part of the JCU course and students are not guaranteed a placement.

One subject is also accredited by LEADR (or any other Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body) - LB5501 Mediation.  This subject covers the education and training requirements of the National Mediator Accreditation Standards - students must also pass the competency-based assessment (Mediation Accreditation Workshop, professional development).

One subject is also accredited by Conflict Coaching International - LB5527 Conflict Coaching.  This subject covers the education and training requirements for accreditation as a REAL Conflict Coach through Conflict Coaching International.  Students also need to complete a portfolio and a video-recorded competency-based assessment (this is not part of the JCU subject).

Notes

Exit only

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Not applicable – exit only degree

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Conflict Management and Resolution, JCU graduates will be able to:

• Evaluate a range of complex conflicts and related theories and standards for professional practice in conflict management and resolution

• Critically analyse a range of complex conflicts and conflict management systems

• Provide general advice to assist individuals, groups and organisations to constructively manage conflict

• Effectively communicate with people in conflict (such as personal, group, organisational or cross-cultural conflict)

• Autonomously reflect on and evaluate their own capabilities and performance, and make use of feedback as appropriate, to support personal and professional development

• Exercise independent ethical judgment and initiative in conflict management and resolution practice and research.

Townsville

Exit only

Maximum time to complete

4 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Some subjects within this course are accredited by the Practitioner Accreditation Unit, Family Law Branch, Attorney-General’s Department as follows: LB5501 Mediation, LB5519 Family Dispute Resolution, LB5528 Advanced Family Dispute Resolution – plus the Mediation Accreditation Workshop (professional development). These are deemed equivalent to six compulsory units of the Vocational Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution required for accreditation as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.  Students must also complete a practicum of a minimum of 10 hours supervised practice with real clients – JCU helps students find a placement, but this is not part of the JCU course and students are not guaranteed a placement.

One subject is also accredited by LEADR (or any other Recognised Mediator Accreditation Body) - LB5501 Mediation.  This subject covers the education and training requirements of the National Mediator Accreditation Standards - students must also pass the competency-based assessment (Mediation Accreditation Workshop, professional development).

One subject is also accredited by Conflict Coaching International - LB5527 Conflict Coaching.  This subject covers the education and training requirements for accreditation as a REAL Conflict Coach through Conflict Coaching International.  Students also need to complete a portfolio and a video-recorded competency-based assessment (this is not part of the JCU subject).

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable.

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Approved abbreviation

GDipConflMgtResol

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable