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PROFILE

Neil Thompson has extensive experience of working with people and their problems. For many years this was in a social work context, but more recently Neil has begun to apply his expertise to human relations problems in the workplace – an approach sometimes referred to as ‘occupational social work’ – click here for more information about Neil’s philosophy and approach.

Neil’s writings have established him as a leading thinker in social work and related disciplines. He is well respected for his ability to explain complex ideas in an accessible way without oversimplifying them. His writings are also consistently praised for linking theory to practice and, in so doing, bringing the theory to life. Largely because of his writings and their extensive influence, Neil is much in demand as a trainer, consultant and conference speaker.

Neil has over 100 publications to his name, including best-selling textbooks, papers in learned journals and training and open learning materials. Details of his books can be found on the Learning Curve Publishing website. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals and was the founding editor of the British Journal of Occupational Learning.

Neil is a member or Fellow of various professional organisations – click here for more information and links to those organisations.

Background

Following a successful career as a social worker, manager, training officer and lecturer, Neil was appointed Professor of Applied Social Studies at Staffordshire University in December 1995. By 1997 he had left the university to set up his own business, offering training, consultancy and expert witness services, while continuing his work as an author and editor.

In 2000, Avenue Consulting Ltd was established, with its publishing wing: Learning Curve Publishing. To date Learning Curve Publishing has produced four training packs, has a number of other packs in preparation and acts as a distributor for many of Neil’s books and other publications that he is associated with.

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Neil and his colleagues within the company offer a range of services to social work agencies and to any organisation concerned with making the workplace a fair and humane place where people are treated with dignity, protected from abuse and discrimination and helped to achieve their potential.

More about Neil's roles within Avenue Consulting Ltd...

Education, training and conference speaking

Consultancy (including mediation and expert witness services)

Writing, editing and publishing

Neil comments: The more I got involved in running my own business, the more I realised that the knowledge, skills and values of social work are also applicable to dealing with many of the problems encountered in the workplace (stress, conflict, discrimination, communication breakdowns and so on). I therefore developed an interest in what is referred to as ‘occupational social work’ and began to explore what these days I like to call ‘human relations problems in the workplace’. The problems social workers encounter in families and in the community are remarkably similar to those commonly found in the workplace.

Areas covered include:


All four of these areas are underpinned by a commitment to promoting learning and maximising potential.

For further information about Neil’s background and current work,
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