Established in 1995 our service has a proven track record of helping people to resolve conflict. We facilitate positive, constructive discussions; enabling people to hear one another and to resolve their differences.
FAMILY MEDIATION - Mediation East Sussex offers Family Mediation (divorce or separation) to help agree arrangements for children and/or finance and property. We have venues across Sussex from Hastings to Shoreham-by-Sea. This is a fee-based service but we hold a contract with the Legal Aid Agency to deliver family mediation FREE OF CHARGE to those eligible.
NEIGHBOURHOOD MEDIATION - Hastings & Rother Mediation offers mediation to residents in the Borough of Hastings and the District of Rother. This service is free if you are referred by the Police or Optivo Housing Association or by Rother District Council.
TIME 2 TALK – Intergenerational Mediation between children/young people and their parent/s or carer/s. We support families across Hastings & Rother to help them communicate better and work together to find solutions to the difficulties they are facing within the family. This is a free service.
COVID-19 – As of June 2021 we can offer meetings by videoconferencing (Zoom) or face to face in our specially adapted meeting room.
For Neighbourhood, Intergenerational (Time 2 Talk) and Workplace mediation services in the Eastbourne and Wealden areas please contact Mediation Plus, who are based in Hailsham, on 01323 442781 or visit Mediation Plus
For Neighbourhood mediation in Lewes and Brighton & Hove, and Intergenerational and Workplace mediation in Brighton and Hove please contact Brighton & Hove Independent Mediation Service on 01273 700812 or visit BHIMS
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Charity Manager - job vacancy
£30 - £35,000 FTE 25 HOURS (pro rata)
Due to the retirement of our long standing and committed Charity Manager a unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to lead our small but successful mediation service.
HRMS has been established in the Hastings area for over twenty five years and provides family, neighbourhood and intergenerational mediation services through both paid and volunteer mediators. Good partnership relationships have been developed and representatives are well established on the Board of Trustees.
The successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing the effective provision of the mediation services and in maintaining financial stability from a diverse range of funding streams. There is an expectation of close working with the Board of Trustees to develop and deliver a strategic plan to promote and expand the services into the future. The role is part-time 25 hours per week and based at our Charity’s offices in St Leonards, Hastings.
The successful applicant will be committed to the ethos and values of the voluntary sector, will ideally have experience of mediation, will have excellent communication skills and will be experienced in the day-to-day running of the office and managing people. They will also have the skills to fundraise and generate income to ensure the security of the Charity’s future. HRMS strives to be an equal opportunities employer.
If you would like to apply for this post, please contact the service via email manager@hrmediation.co.uk for an application pack.
Closing date for applications 1 November
New Training Course - 2022 dates just released
Hastings and Rother Mediation Service will be running their next Community Mediation training course in St Leonards on Sea starting in March 2022
For further information and an application pack phone us on 01424 446808 or e-mail us at - E-mail: training@hrmediation.co.uk
Funding received from Safer Hastings Partnership
We were very happy and grateful to receive funding from Safer Hastings Partnership for our neighbourhood mediation project which supports neighbours in dispute.
Our neighbourhood mediation co-ordinator, Ali Cooper talks to Hastings Online Times Zelly Restorick. The article gives lots of information about what we do and how you residents of Hastings can get help from our service.
Click here to read the HOT article
Re-opening of our meeting room
Client meetings can now take place in our specially adapted meeting room. This applies to all our mediation projects. We have hand sanitiser, face masks (which must be worn unless medically exempt) and moveable transparent screens. The room also has it’s own entrance directly from the street.
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