7 Minute Briefings

The Salford Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) has introduced 'seven minute briefings' to provide concise, focused learning sessions on various topics. These briefings offer insights from case reviews and themed learning, along with challenge questions for agencies, teams, and individuals to reflect on and consider in their practice.

The concept of seven minute briefings is inspired by a technique from the FBI, based on research indicating that seven minutes is an optimal duration for effective learning and retention. This time frame is manageable for most services and helps ensure the learning is memorable and not overshadowed by other issues or pressures.

The briefings can be used in a variety of ways:

• Individuals can use the briefing independently for their own learning and development and share with others.
• Teams/Managers encourage circulation and use for information and development and share learning amongst their team i.e. team meetings, supervision, peer support to reflect and improve practice and systems.
• Use at a structured event during training development sessions to complement overall learning and development

If you have suggestions for future briefings, please email sscp@salford.gov.uk.

You can download the briefings below, with plain text versions also available.

Accessible format - Thematic 7 Minute Briefings

• Adultification (Adobe PDF format 137kb) published November 2024
• Beds in Sheds Rogue Landlords (Adobe PDF format, 138kb) published November 2024
• Building Relationships Guidance published March 2025
• Child criminal exploitation (plain text) published 2nd December 2020
• Child trafficking (plain text) published 2nd December 2020
• Contextual safeguarding (Adobe PDF format, 141 kb) published 15 July 2021
• Corporate Parenting Principles (Adobe PDF format, 220kb) published August 2024
• County Lines Drugs and Gangs (plain text) published 2nd December 2020
• CSE (plain text) published 2nd December 2020
• Cultural consciousness guidance (plain text) 2023
• Elective home education (plain text) published November 2020
• Escalation and Professional Challenge (September 2024)
• Equality Act 2010 (September 2024)
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) (published 19 November 2021)
• FII and Perplexing Presentations 7MB (plain text 2022)
• Good Lives Model 7MB (plain text) published December 2024
• Homelessness and Finances (text version) 2023
• Housing Options Service (plain text) published 3 July 2024
• Knife Crime published 09 July 2021
• Listening Loop (plain text)
• Making a good referral (published November 2024)
• Managing allegations against adults who work with children (LADO) (plain text) published 9th March 2021
• Obesity (plain text) October 2022
• Parental Mental Health (Adobe PDF format, 132kb) published November 2024
• Placing Children Outside the UK (published May 2024)
• Professional Curiosity (text version) 2023
• Registered Providers of Social Housing (plain text) (July 2024)
• Recurring Themes from Case Reviews (plain text) August 2023
• Route to legal proceedings (plain text)
• Safeguarding information for volunteers (plain text)
• Salford standards for listening
• Salford Standards for listening (plain text)
• Sexting (plain text) published 23 December 2020
• Strategy Meetings (published 16 June 2022)
• Supported Housing Service (plain text)
• Threats to Life (published April 2025)
• Thriving Families and Neglect (plain text)
• Unknown Males (published 16 June 2022)
• Water Safety (March 2023)
• What are 7 minute briefings (plain text)
• Young persons plan (YPP) published 30 September 2021

Accessible format - Case Review 7 Minute Briefings

• Baby I (Adobe PDF format, 127kb) published 24 November 2021
• Case 2021-02 (Adobe PDF format, 309kb) Published 27 May 2021
• Case 2021-03 (Adobe PDF format, 126kb) Published 27 May 2021
• Case Review Themes 2017-18 Plain Text (Adobe PDF format, 440kb)
• Child DQ Plain text (Adobe PDF format, 387kb) Published 11th June 2020
• Child GI Plain text (Adobe PDF format, 480kb) Published 30 July 2020
• Child TK and Child OH joint learning review (plain text) published 16th December 2020
• Chloe (Adobe PDF format, 127kb) Published 28 July 2021
• Helen Plain text (Adobe PDF format, 439kb) Published 28th August 2020
• Helen UKVI Response Plain text (Adobe PDF format, 437kb) Published 28th August 2020
• Jo rapid review (plain text) published 9th December 2020
• Learning from lockdown (plain text) published 16th December 2020
• Liam (Adobe PDF format, 136kb) published July 2024
• Nicholas CSPR December 2022