Kev Ball

The amazingly beautiful window for THE ART OF A LIE @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly. A little way down the street from Hannah’s shop in my book 😍😍😍

Pressures on new probation staff hamper retention - Russell Webster Probation inspectorate finds current pressures on new probation staff counterproductive to long-term retention.

Pressures on new probation staff hamper retention -
HMI Probation report on difficulties getting service back to proper staffing levels. www.russellwebster.com/pressures-on...

Bridging the digital divide in Probation Dr Victoria Knight's guest post on her new Academic Insight for HM Inspectorate of Probation on Bridging the Digital Divide.

Bridging the digital divide in Probation
Dr Victoria Knight's guest post on her new Academic Insight for HMI Probation exploring how technology can help people on probation build better lives
www.russellwebster.com/bridging-the...

In my new novel, THE ART OF A LIE, Hannah Cole is struggling to run her confectionery shop in 18th C London after her husband's murder, and she believes an Italian delicacy called 'iced cream' might be the answer to her problems. So yesterday I made ice cream the Georgian way!🍦A thread...

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Oh, and met the Queen, who kindly said that Agent Zo would be her next holiday read! 📙👑

SUNDAY DELIGHT
LET ME HELP MOM...

The Long Goodbye Time, at last, to write about Agnes.

It'll be two years, this Monday night. Time, at last, to write about Agnes.

We’ve published a new resource on self-harm, aimed at children and young people. It looks at why self-harm happens, what to do if you are self-harming, and where to get professional support. It also includes tips for parents and carers.

🖥️➡️ www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...?

Hair Loss: Myth Vs. Fact MYTH: Baldness is caused by too much testosterone. FACT: Baldness is caused by too little hair.

Hair Loss: Myth Vs. Fact
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Extensive, gripping and inspiring, @claremulley.bsky.social’s #AgentZo is a masterful biography of WWII Resistance Fighter, Elżbieta Zawacka (‘Zo’) that will transform the way you see female agency during and after the war. Learn and pick up your copy over on our website.

A key part of this work and the principles which informed our advice line system design was the work of Sidney Dekker and principles of Just Culture and Safety 2.0

Powerful stuff from Sidney Dekker on a just culture. Meet hurt with healing. Rebuild trust. Honest disclosure of failure. Looking to future.

“No person in the world is so privileged as to have access to a ‘ground truth’ against which all other people’s understanding can be proven wrong or inaccurate… Everybody’s perspective is subjective.”

Sidney Dekker

The New View of safety provides a fresh look at unsafe workplace conditions and resulting injuries to workers. Todd Conklin, speaking at the 2018 USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference on March 29, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, provides an overview of the New View of safety to the 1600 conference participants. The presentation is informative and entertaining to help workers and employers provide better health and safety management at their workplace. 2018 USW HSE Conference: The New View of Safety with Todd Conklin

A lot of peeps mentioning Jessie Singer here, and I'll add Todd Conklin to that list as well. He's more known as a workplace safety guy, but you quickly see that there is a an *enormous* amount of overlap. He gave a presentation to USW in '18: tuck it away for later.

youtu.be/IoYUQlWiRgc?...

Crashed and burned - one line.

Service users’ experiences of restrictive practices in adult inpatient mental health services. A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies There is a focus globally on reducing restrictive practices in mental healthcare. However, we know little about how service users experience restrictive practices generally.To explore and synthesis...

Service users’ experiences of restrictive practices in adult inpatient mental health services. A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does psychological support, training and guidance for probation practitioners lead to improved outcomes for service users and staff? A systematic review of Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway ... This review examines the evidence on outcomes for probation staff and the individuals under their supervision resulting from psychological training and support provided to staff. To be included, paper...

Does psychological support, training and guidance for probation practitioners lead to improved outcomes for service users and staff? A systematic review of Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway community delivery - Feb 2025
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

HM Inspectorate of Probation call for evidence: Serious Further Offences - promoting a culture of learning for probation. Deadline Friday 30 May 2025
www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation...

All replies to me at Kevin.ball@hmiprobation.gov.uk please. Thank you !

Please help this research into learning from tragedy. #justculture #probation #learning www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation...

A woman with dark shoulder length hair, and a red Christmas jumper holds up the book The other valley by Scott Alexander Howard

What are you reading this Christmas Eve? 💙📚

This is a very exciting day, I feel like Christmas has come early. Thank you @jocallaghankat.bsky.social so much for this absolute treat, I might have shrieked when it arrived. #HumanRemains is out in May & is the 3rd in the Kat Frank & AIDE Lock series, one my top crime series & highly recommended.

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan -The Onion

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
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Target TBR pile!

A reminder of this starter pack if anyone wants to search for WW2 types.

go.bsky.app/QPhzxUX

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

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Don’t mess with Tudors …

The Best Kindles in 2024 With Amazon refreshing its entire range this year—including the introduction of the first colour Kindle—it's hard to know which is the best Kindle for reading. We turned to Kindle expert Maneetpaul…

"I never enjoyed reading in high school or even in college" ICYMI Maneetpaul Singh on how he got hooked on reading with the help of a Kindle:

Tesco are completely out of tissues yet again