CYP who display sexualised behaviour and harmful sexual behaviour

Introduction & OverviewOfHarmful Sexualised Behaviour Service, NSPCC Service Centre,Carole House,213 Basford Park Road, Newcastle – Under – Lyme, ST5 0PGThe Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) Service, based at NSPCC Service Centre,Carole House, Stoke-on-Trent offers individual assessment and treatment of HSB toyoung males, between the ages of 12 – 18 years.Young males, who are referred to the NSPCC Service Centre, will be assessed bypractitioners from the HSB Service using the AIM 2 Assessment. The AIM 2assessment is designed to assist in the assessment of young males of mainstreameducational ability, aged between 12 and 18 years, who are known to have presentedproblematic sexual behaviour or where harmful sexual behaviour has occurred. Theprocess of assessment is focused on the four domains of; development, family,environment and sexual and non-sexual harmful behaviours.The assessment focuses on issues which are evidentially linked to the risk of harmfulsexual behaviours, as well as considering factors such as lack of empathy and qualityof relationships which are shown to have impact on the likelihood of further HSB. Aswell as working with the young person, practitioners will work with parents/carers inorder to establish a cleared understanding of the young person, their background,significant experiences which may contribute to the behaviours which attributed totheir referral to the NSPCC.Following AIM 2 assessment practitioners will provide the young person and theirparents/carers with a report which covers all the aspects of the assessment, alongwith consideration of need with regards to the treatment programme provided by theNSPCC.For young people considered in need of the treatment programme, will be offeredbetween 26 – 30sessions. The HSB treatment programme has two broad aims. Thefirst aim is to help young males develop strategies so that they do not sexually harmothers and are able to have healthy sexual relationships in the future. Secondly, thetreatment will help young people deal positively with problems and enhance their selfesteem.The treatment will enable young people to build constructive behaviour. Focusing onstrengths rather than apportioning blame, the treatment sessions draw togetherclinically established approaches and address the young person’s thoughts, feelingsand behaviours.17