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Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what family dispute resolution practitioners actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most family dispute resolution practitioners should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with a background in social work, psychology, law or counselling, and a Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution. Skilled in conducting mediation sessions, screening for family violence, and drafting parenting plans that keep children's needs central. Committed to helping separating families resolve disputes safely and without court intervention.
Key skills
- Family dispute resolution and mediation
- Family violence screening and risk assessment
- Section 60I certificate issuance
- Parenting plan drafting
- Counselling and support work
- Casework and client support
- Client relationships and advisory
- Written communication
- Empathy and interpersonal care
- Problem solving
- Stakeholder management
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Commonwealth Courts Portal
- Actionstep
- Legal Aid Grants Online
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted over 150 mediation sessions between separated parents, helping most reach safe parenting agreements without court intervention.
- Refined family violence screening processes, leading to earlier identification of risk and more appropriate referrals to support services.
- Drafted parenting plans that were accepted by both parties in the majority of cases, reducing the need for further mediation.
- Issued section 60I certificates accurately and on time, supporting parties to proceed to family court when necessary.
- Managed a caseload of complex family disputes, maintaining clear records and stakeholder communication across legal and support services.
Education
Bachelor degree in law, social work, psychology or counselling, followed by a Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution and accreditation by the Attorney-General's Department.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
- FDRP
- section 60I certificate
- Family Law Act 1975
- Attorney-General's Department accreditation
- family violence screening
- parenting plans
- mediation
- Commonwealth Courts Portal
- Legal Aid
- Actionstep
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- child-focused
- conflict resolution
- client support
- family law
- dispute resolution
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.