What is Facilitation?

FACILITATION IS AN ASPECT OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Restorative Justice operates differently to Retributive Justice that has outcomes of punishing criminal behaviour and where possible the compensation of victims. Restorative Justice aims at the rehabilitation of offenders and operates under the principles of do no further harm, work with the offender, and set relations right.

Restorative Practices are now applied to many and varied scenarios in the community to reduce conflict and transform it into cooperation.

Group Conferencing can be used in places such as:

§  Institutional abuse cases, Family Violence, Sexual assault cases.

§  Youth justice group conferencing.

§  School Community – assisting heal relationships among young people, Staff and Parents.

§  Family Group decision making.

§  Community Group dispute issues.

§  Residential (Aged Care) dispute settlement conferencing.

§  Workplace Disputes and negotiations with management and workers. Managing relationships among young people and staff in schools

There are three Foundational Restorative Principles*:

➢ Doing no further harm;

➢ Working with – in preference to doing to or for;

➢ Restoring right relations (or setting relations right):

o Within people;

o Between people;

o Between groups.

Facilitation provides the process for enabling people who are in conflict of all kinds to engage in dialogue that engenders better thinking and reforming behaviour. For a FREE diagnostic to determine if a group conference is right for your situation please click this link.

* These Restorative Practices are part of the significant body of work created by David Moore and Alikki Vernon in writing, training and developing these practices across Australia and overseas.