Advanced Family And Dependency Court Mediation
OPPORTUNITIES
SCFM AFADCM Class of 2026 is underway.
Let us know, if you would like to be considered for future opportunities to join the Southern California Family Mediation distinguished panel of co-mediators or if you would like to learn more about our proven system for success.
https://mediationnavigator.com
AFADCM includes: On-demand (recorded) lessons, and live (online) classes with AFADCM creator and SCFM Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mediator Randy Drew.
Most mediators spend their careers resolving disputes over money, employment, or property. At Southern California Family Mediation, volunteer co-mediators do something harder and more important - we help parents who may never agree on anything, agree on what matters most: a safe, stable life for their children. One dependency co-mediation can give you more life & mediation experience than some mediators accumulate in a year.
We have the highest family success rates. That's not by accident - the system is "rigged for success", because when the families win, we all win.
Volunteer mediators must be ready and able to commit to co-mediating one day per week for the first year of service (vacations and specific days/weeks off are, of course, expected), with more flexible scheduling after that.
We will invest in you. We ask that you invest in the families we serve, not just while it's convenient, but for the long haul.
Live classes occur selected Tuesday evenings 6:00-7:30pm Pacific Time. Contact us to sit in on one.
The children and parents who sit across from you will remember you. Make sure it's for the right reasons.
What's it like to be an SCFM co-mediator?
We create a Co-Mediators Schedule, two to three months in advance, taking into account vacations & availability.
Mediations are self-scheduled by attorneys/courtrooms. Co-mediators receive case information in advance of the mediation.
Once a mediation has been scheduled, the judge, four attorneys, the parents, the children and your co-mediator are all counting on you showing-up, no matter what. We mediate sick, or even at the local coffee shop with headphones if our internet goes down.
On your day of mediation, we meet for our famous 7:45AM Pre-Mediation Sunrise Strategy Huddle.
Co-mediators will begin meeting with parents at 8:45AM - taking breaks as needed/desired - and concluding no later than 3:30PM.