Awareness of Harmful Sexual Behaviour

The course is aimed at  caseworkers who are new to this area of work, youth workers, social care staff and foster carers who care for children and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour (HSB).  The course price includes the four AIM checklists designed to be a useful resource for practitioners and managers in all agencies, building up confidence and competence in understanding sexual behaviours.

They provide a quick, accessible framework for internal discussions and initial decision making re levels of concern about sexual behaviours and also, for external communications with other agencies, to agree a shared understanding of the level of concern and safety plan, where required.

They can help to make decisions about whether or not to refer to another agency or if a full AIM Assessment is required.  For some children and young people, further pattern mapping would be appropriate, or the concerns can be managed by professionals already involved with the family through education and support for the child/young person and/or their family.

The AIM Checklists set includes 4 Checklists and the How to use the Checklists guide and can be shared within a team, making it a great team resource..

• Adolescent Checklist
• Children under 12 years Checklist
• Adolescents with learning disabilities Checklist
• Children with learning disabilities Checklist
• ‘How to use the AIM Checklists 2020 guide’ provides information on how the checklists work and

                         suggestions for immediate interventions required.

The Checklist templates are designed so that they can be used repeatedly with the outcomes able to be inputted directly onto them, so a record can be made and the shared with colleagues or other agencies as appropriate.