Welcome

Dear Partners,

I'm sure you'll all agree that the Autumn term has kicked off to a very busy start and once again we have plenty of informative news to share with you.

You are probably aware that Children's Services have been undergoing a Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI) which ends on Friday 25^th Oct. We would like to say thank you to everyone who has been involved and contributed. As soon as we have any news, we will you know on the outcome.

In other news:-

• The Intensive Family Support Team (IFST) have just launched their Focus Fortnight which is dedicated two-week period during which they ensure that every family receiving support gets targeted intervention in a specific area of need. Find out more about the focus for this fortnight and book your place on our lite-bite webinar here
  
  
• Our Development Team have recently created an Early Help Digital Infographic with some key links to early help webpages to help you navigate key information.
  
  
• IFST are also proud to be taking part in this year's St Albans Sleep Out to raise valuable funds to help support and raise awareness to the challenges we face as a community with homelessness. Read more here
  
  
• Many of you are regular attendees at our Families First quarterly district partnership meetings, which are a great way of keeping up to date with new services, updates and make connections. You can find out more about the groups here and email familiesfirst.support@hertfordshire.gov.uk if you would like to join.

Finally, don't forget to take a look through our Learning and Development articles to see what is available for you and your teams. Along with our local news pages and vacancy page.

We hope you enjoy this edition of Families First News and please encourage your teams to sign up to receive their own copy!

The Development Team

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