Welcome
Dear Partners,
Our Development team have been busy attending local events with our Families First information stand. We met many familiar faces at the Early Years SEND conference in Hatfield and managed a quick catch up with Cllr Fiona Thompson who came to visit our stall at the POWHER event in Stevenage.
Workforce Development
You will also be pleased to hear that our Share & Learn event is back for an Autumn session. This time organised by the St Albans Families First Partnership group with a theme around positive wellbeing and resilience in St Albans. The event is open to all Families First professionals and you can find out more here.
Our Working Together in Early Help events have taken off to a good start and there's still time to book onto our remaining Working Together in Early Help sessions and links to Eventbrite to book your place are below:-
- East Herts, Broxbourne, Welwyn & Hatfield – Friday 21st October (9.45am-12.30pm) – Broxbourne Borough Council offices, Cheshunt, EN8 9XQ BOOK HERE>>
- St Albans & Dacorum – Monday 31st October (9.45am–12.30pm) – The Forum, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN BOOK HERE>>
Watch this space:
Our Families First Awards 2023 will be held in May next year and we are currently working on some new categories for 2023 - more information and date will be confirmed soon.
Staff news
Message from Karen Dorney, Head of Supporting Families, HCC
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Sandra Hugill, who passed away on the evening of Monday 17th October following suffering a stroke two weeks prior. Sandra started in the Supporting Families Practice Team 2 years ago and was a great support to many internal and external partners as a member Families First Helpdesk. Sandra will be sorely missed by her team and the wider Families First Service both internally and externally, and our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time.
Message from Families First Panels
For those of you who have attended Families First Panels over the years will be familiar with Katie Underwood and her great organisational skills. Katie has been successful in an appointment within the Safe Space team at HCC, so it's not goodbye, but au revior and we hope you will all join us in wishing Katie all the best in her new role.
Finally, don't forget our learning and development pages and vacancy page and please encourage your teams to sign up to receive their own copy!
As always, please do let us have your comments and suggestions for what you would like included in future editions by emailing familiesfirst.support@hertfordshire.gov.uk.
Kind regards
The Development Team
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