Welcome

Dear Partners,

Welcome to the October edition of Families First News for Hertfordshire's early help professionals.  What a busy start to Autumn it has been with lots of good initiatives and programmes taking place across the county.  

Working Together in Early Help events - Have you booked your place?

Have you booked you place on our Autumn Working Together in Early Help learning events? This set of events will focus on children and young people’s health and wellbeing. We will have presentations from The Ollie Foundation, First Steps Ed, BeeZee Families and the HCC’s Emotional and Mental Wellbeing in Education (EMWIE) Team and more as well as being a great networking opportunity. Find out more and book your place here: Families First News - Working Together in Early Help Events - book now!

There's plenty more to read in this edition including an update on the Hertfordshire's response to the national Families First Partnership Programme and the launch of the new Kinship Care webpage and new dates for the Bridge support group for years 6, 7 & 8 that are not in full-time education. 

We hope you enjoy this edition of Families First News and please encourage your teams to sign up to receive their own copy!  Also, don't forget to take a look through our Learning and Development articles to see what is available for you and your teams.  Don't forget to check the local news pages and vacancies page, and feel free to forward any information on to colleagues.

The Development Team

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