The Assignment (2–3 pages): Challenges to Professional Mediation

The Assignment (2–3 pages): Challenges to Professional Mediation

To prepare: consider personal traits or attributes that made you successful or hampered your effectiveness as a mediator. Now you look broadly at your profession to consider the skills and traits that it encourages that may be compatible or incompatible with mediation.

In a 2- to 3-page analysis, answer the following questions in terms of your current profession or a profession within which you have interest in working in the future: (Social Services)

• Briefly introduce your professional area (either current or future). In what ways does your profession encourage skills and traits that are compatible with mediation?
• In what ways are the predominant skills and traits of your profession incompatible with mediation?
• What are the ethical implications or barriers to providing a continuum of service (keeping in mind the ethical codes for your chosen profession)?