MII Certified Member

  1. How to Become a Certified Member
  2. Certified Member Application Requirements
  3. Certified Member Entitlements
  4. Competence to Practice

 

Mediators who have satisfactorily completed an MII approved or equivalent training programme and successfully undertaken an MII approved assessment of their mediation skills may apply for Certified Member status of the MII. Only Practitioner Members and Certified Members who hold a current Practising Certificate are approved by the MII to practice.

How to Become a Certified Member

To become an MII Certified Member you will need to have successfully completed an MII approved training course or equivalent course and undertaken and passed an MII approved assessment of your mediation skills in line with the MII Certified Member core competencies.  This assessment may take place in any of the following ways:

Please note that the Certified Member assessment and assocaited forms are under review. If you have any queries, please contact Gerry Rooney, Member Services and Accreditation Director.

To register as a Certified Member of the MII, please forward a copy of your MII accredited or equivalent training certificate, a copy of your Certificate of Assessment (except where training certificate is subject to successful completion of an MII approved assessment), a completed registration form (downloadable from the MII Forms Page) and your registration fee to The MII, 35 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2.

Certified Member Application Requirements

Membership Type:

Certified Member:

Entitled to apply annually for a Practising Certificate

Entitled to have profile featured on web in Find a Mediator section on MII website

Entitled to vote
Qualification requirements:

1. Attendance at 60 hour MII approved or equivalent course and successful completion of an MII approved Certified Member skills assessment as part of the course or through the MII.
2. Select a sector as your "home" sector
3. Sign acceptance of the Code of Ethics

Application Process You will need to produce the following items with the MII application for Certified Member Status:
  • Copy of trianing certificate from MII approved or MII equivalent course
  • Evidence of successful completion of MII approved skills assessment (if not included in MII approved or equivalent course)
  • Signed declaration that you will abide by the MII Code of Ethics and have appropriate professional indemnity insurance in place for your type and size of practice
  • Cheque payable to the MII for (1) the current Certified Member status application fee and (2) your annual registration fee (if you have already paid an annual membership fee in another membership category - balance outstanding) see MII Membership Fees
  • Completed annual registration form if you are not already registered with the MII

 

Your application, with all of the relevant attachments, should be sent to the Registrar at The MII, 35 Fitzwilliam Place, Dubin 2.

Please ensure that you keep copies of the documents.
Further Clarification:

Entitled to Practicing Certificate (subject to MII requirements)
Approved to practice

Entitled to vote

CPD Requirement: 50 hours over a 2-year annualised cycle - for information see CPD requirements

You will also have to select a sector in which to become a Member which may have specific requirements to enable you to become Certified in that sector (Home Sector).

The Sectors are:

  • Civil and Commercial
  • Community and Voluntary
  • Family
  • Organisation and Workplace
  • Peace Building
  • Elder Mediation

If you believe that you have the equivalent skills, you should submit copies of certificates of relevant courses attended and evidence of your mediation skills - this could be a letter from your MII case consultant/supervisor confirming your ability to mediate in accordance with the Certified Member competencies and/or evidence of numbers and types of mediations carried out.

Certified Member Entitlements

Certified Members are approved to practise* and entitled to:

  • Apply annually for a Practising Certificate
  • Have their profile listed in the Find a Mediator section (if available for private work and in receipt of a current MII Practising Certificate)
  • Updates and briefings on developments in mediation
  • Information about symposiums, conferences, CPD trainings and other events
  • Reduced member fees for symposium, conferences and some CPD trainings
  • Attend AGM and any EGMs
  • Attend any member meetings of the MII including consensus building and sector meetings
  • Join a Sharing and Learning group
  • Sit on appropriate committees

*Only Members with hold a current MII practising certificate are approved by the MII to mediate. Practising MII Mediators are bound by the MII Code of Ethics and Practice and may only mediate where they have the appropriate training, knowledge and competence to effectively mediate.

Members must be in good standing with the MII and Council reserves the right to refuse membership.

Competence to Practice

MII Mediator’s may only mediate where they have the appropriate training, knowledge and competence to effectively mediate in the dispute (MII Code of Ethics and Practice, 5.6).

An MII Mediator who holds a current Practising Certificate may practice in any area provided they have the competence to do so. Whether or not you are working within your competence can only be assessed in relation to any particular case. Just because the particular case happens to fall under a particular heading in which you have had some training or experience does not necessarily mean that you are competent to start or to continue with that case. By way of example a commercial Mediator who is sufficiently competent to mediate a commercial contract dispute between two parties about one item to the value of €50,000 may lack the competence to mediate a complex, multi-party commercial case with €50 million in dispute.

Where a Mediator takes on a case in good faith and realises during the mediation that aspects of the case are outside of their competence, the Mediator is obliged to either suspend the mediation and to seek appropriate support, or to terminate the mediation.

It is the responsibility of each individual Mediator to ensure that they have the competence, skills and knowledge to mediate in any given mediation.

If you have any queries or require further information please contact the MII at info@themii.ie.