Seven Minute Briefings

Our 7-minute briefing documents are concise, structured summaries designed to highlight key safeguarding issues in a quick and accessible format. These briefings aim to provide practitioners and decision-makers with essential insights into the context, findings, and implications of safeguarding reviews, offering clear recommendations to improve practice and outcomes. By focusing on core themes and lessons learned, they promote informed decision-making and encourage reflective practice, ensuring that safeguarding measures are both effective and aligned with statutory and organisational standards.

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Cassie

This briefing reflects on a case about a child who experienced multiple incidents requiring intervention and highlighting the need for improved agency coordination.

Published, December 2024

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Right Care Right Person (RCRP)

This briefing focuses on the implementation principles of RCRP specifically for children. This briefing serves as a resource for safeguarding partners, local authorities, and police officers involved in RCRP for children.

Published, July 2024

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National Referral Mechanism (NRM)

The document provides information on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in the UK for identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery.

Published, November 2024

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Baby Eva

Baby Eva, just four months old, entered the hospital with a fracture, but X-rays unveiled multiple fractures of varying ages. This review highlights the urgent need for proactive risk assessment in pre-and post-birth.

Published, April 2024

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Serious Youth Violence

This briefing accompanies the thematic report on Serious Youth Violence and aims to deliver a concise summary of the support and interventions provided to seven young people, highlighting the learning within the local safeguarding system.

Published, January 2024

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Chloe

'Chloe,' a 17-year-old who experienced early trauma and entered statutory care in her early teens, tragically lost her life. The inquest concluded her death was an accident, finding no clear intent to take her own life.

Published, October 2023

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Information Sharing

This briefing is designed to support practitioners and organisations in understanding how to share personal information lawfully and appropriately, ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR.

Published, August 2023

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Jake

This Child Safeguarding Practice Review (CSPR) looks into the tragic case of 'Jake', a 17-year-old child who took his life just before he turned 18. 

Published, July 2023

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Intra-Familial CSA

This briefing aims to provide an overview of key findings and recommendations from a rapid review case involving intra-familial child sexual abuse.

Published, August 2023

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Unexplained Deaths (Under 1s)

This briefing explores the key findings, lessons learned, and recommendations from case reviews, emphasising the need for robust safeguarding practices and multi-agency collaboration to prevent future tragedies.

Published, July 2022

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Carl & Max

This briefing explores the key findings, lessons learned, and recommendations from case reviews, emphasising the need for robust safeguarding practices and multi-agency collaboration to prevent future tragedies.

Published, February 2022

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Emily & Jack

Following a tragic incident where a three-month-old baby girl, referred to as 'Emily', was killed by her mother, a serious case review was conducted and identified the need for improvements in local agency information sharing.

Published, June 2020

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Ben

This review highlights lessons in engaging vulnerable young parents, particularly when domestic abuse is a concern. The missed opportunities to support the mother and her child, 'Ben', led to tragic outcomes. 

Published, January 2022

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Vulnerable Adolescents Thematic Review

In the summer of 2017, three Croydon teenage boys known to social services lost their lives. The CSCP agreed to conduct a thematic review that would determine whether there were any patterns in the children’s experiences. 

Published, February 2019

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