Swindon Safeguarding Partnership

2023/24 dates are being confirmed and will be added ASAP

Course delivered in a virtual classroom on MS Teams.

Aims to promote understanding of the process to professionals to feel more confident in understanding sexual behaviour in children/young people.

The course will consider:

• what we know about young people who sexually harm
• definition of harmful sexual behaviours (HSB)
• Brooks Traffic Light Tool of Sexual Behaviours
• What an AIM3 assessment is
• AIM3 assessment report
• Making referrals for AIM 3

As this is an introductory level course, there are no prerequisites required.

Target audience

• School nurses
• Youth engagement workers
• Counsellors
• Restorative youth service workers
• Family nurse partnership workers
• Social workers
• Teaching staff
• Educational psychologists
• Edge of care workers
• Family service
• All staff working with young people

Aims and objectives

The learning outcomes for this course are that you will:

• have an increased understanding of the continuum of young people’s sexual behaviours
• be able to define harmful sexual behaviour (HSB)
• be able to impart information to young people, families and colleagues about the AIM assessment process
• be able to make a referral for an AIM3 assessment to be considered

Background reading

• Harmful sexual behaviour

Free

2023/24 dates are being confirmed and will be added ASAP