Simon Horne Email & Phone Number

Scotland, England & Wales

• Simon is an accredited online family mediator and workplace mediator.• He established Olive Mediation Group Ltd to work with parents, separating couples, children, employers and employees to find lasting resolutions to their disputes and areas of disagreement. • He is an FMCA mediator working online with separating ex-partners and separated parents in Scotland and across England and Wales.• He is trained and accredited by the FMC to consult with children and with young people as part of their parents' mediation.• He provides complaints investigation for mediators who want an independent third party to investigate complaints made against them.• He has also completed the Specialist Paralegal Qualification in Family Law with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow............................................"Your calm nature, sense of humour and a real sense of being listened to make you a natural mediator." RM, Client"Thank you, I felt supported all through the mediation sessions. It was difficult but I feel we got the best outcome we could." MD, Client"He employed his mediation skills to excellent effect. He succeeded in bringing two parties to agreement in a seemingly unresolvable and complex situation." CM, Client"I've valued your ability to calm a tense situation. You have an aura of calmness and patience which is infectious. I valued your sense of humour, your ability to see the funny side of tricky situations and your wisdom." JW, Family Law Barrister"You did a really good job – great style and tone yet always professional." HT, Mediator"Sympathetic, empathetic and gracious, Simon demonstrates exceptional people skills which he uses to powerful effect." PS, Solicitor Mediator"I was most impressed with your mediator skills – you clearly have great ability for this most demanding, fascinating and rewarding work." MR, Family Law Barrister"You were extremely professional, compassionate and patient; thank you." JT, Client

Portsmouth, Gosport, Faslane, Glasgow, Operational Deployment At Sea

• Leadership role in resolving workplace disputes, both on operational deployment at sea and also in shore establishments, specialising in the training environment. As the ads say, "The Team Works" - but only if team members resolve their disputes.• Developing policy and taking the lead in practical delivery with military personnel and civilians to enable them to resolve family and relationship disputes.• Responsible for providing emotional and practical support for people who are ending long term relationships, often under intensely stressful conditions.• Taking the lead role in building the morale component of operational capability, and developing community relations.• Designing adult training courses to curriculum requirements and delivering adult training on a daily basis.• Providing mentoring and coaching support.• Acting as pastoral counsellor and confidential advisor to personnel at every level of the Naval hierarchy; also their families, as well as civilian employees and contractors.• Serving as McKenzie Friend in support of military personnel.

Fordingbridge, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Leadership role in a team that provided pastoral support for a community of 9,000 people on the borders of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset.Resolving workplace, family and community disputes throughout this period.Taking the lead in working with people to enable them to resolve family and relationship disputes, and also with people who were ending long term relationships.Managing and seeing through considerable change in organisation, policy and practice.Delivering regular adult training.Providing mentoring support.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Working with local businesses and people at work to understand the dynamics and stresses of the workplace, and to work with them to resolve disputes that affected productivity, commercial viability and well being.Supporting people as they resolved family and relationship disputes, and also people who were ending long term relationships.Delivering adult training on a regular basis.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Undergoing professional training in addition to completing academic studies to full success.Supporting people in the workplace and people going through divorce and separation.Delivering adult training on an occasional basis.Promoting awareness of cultural differences and the significance of cultural context.

Nyamandlovu, Zimbabwe

Training young adults in both academic and practical subjects.Resolving disputes between young adults, disputes within families and disputes between colleagues.Providing mentoring and pastoral support.Building community relationships.Developing awareness of cultural differences and the significance of cultural context.

Southampton And Sw Hampshire, United Kingdom

Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom

Specialist Paralegal Qualification, Family Law

Postgraduate Certificate In Mediation

Royal Navy Officer Training

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd)

Bachelor Of Divinity (Bd)

Registered Nurse

Master Of Arts (Ma)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba)

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