The Family Mediation Standards Board has published the final report from its Professional Practice Consultants Panel about the Roles, Responsibilities and Career Paths of PPCs.
The report has been produced following an two-year period of consideration involving extensive consultation with the profession, and follows the publication of an interim report in June 2024.
The report has been welcomed by the Family Mediation Standards Board (FMSB). Its Chair, Robert Creighton, said: “As you will see when you read the report, the Panel has addressed all these issues with great care and attention. Most significantly it has done so by seeking out and reflecting on the views of the profession through a programme of widespread consultation that stimulated direct engagement with large numbers of practising mediators.
“The report sets out an evolutionary process of development to build on the key principles that have been agreed through the consultation. There will be many strands of implementation, in which the full range of the FMC’s and FMSB’s panels will be involved. There will be careful impact assessments of all proposals to ensure that they are proportionate and manageable for both PPCs and all mediators.
“I am most grateful to all members of the PPC Panel for the time, effort and skill with which they have approached their work over the past two years. And we all greatly appreciate the contributions made by so many mediators through the consultation process. This report reflects the growing consensus that has resulted from that process, and as we move forward, we will continue in that vein.”
