HSB/PSB - our approach
Pre-Assessment
All children and young people (CYP) referred into the services are pre-assessed to ensure an accurate assessment of their risk and needs can be completed.
This will involve discussions with the CYP’s parent / carer, social worker, school and any other relevant professionals. The pre assessment process ensures that the risk and needs of the children and young people are identified and ensures that the most appropriate support, assessment, or intervention being put in place.
AIM Assessment (Young People aged 12 and above)
One outcome of the pre-assessment may be a recommendation that a specialist assessment (AIM 3) is completed to provide a structed framework to assist in the analysis of Harmful Sexual Behaviour in the overall context of the young person.
The AIM 3 assessment process considers 5 domains for the child or young person:
- Sexual Behaviour
- Non-sexual behaviour
- The developmental influences on these wider ranging behaviours
- The effect of the environment/social and family context in which they live
- The young person’s ability to self-regulate and understand the impact of their behaviour
The AIM 3 assessment is designed for use with older, more cognitively developed CYP with problematic or harmful sexual behaviours. By engaging with the CYP, those around them, and the required multiagency partners, we can:
- Conduct an AIM 3 risk assessment of the child or young person
- Identify therapeutic, supervision and support needs
- Provide tailored intervention programmes for the child and those around them
AIM Assessment (Children and young people under 12 years)
The AIM Under 12’s is a dynamic assessment framework with children 8 – 12 years old with either problematic or harmful sexual behaviours.
The model recognises that children should not be assessed on just their sexual behaviours and focuses on a trauma formed approach and holistic overview of several domains in their life. The 5 five domains that are covered within the Aim Model includes:
- Sexual Behaviour
- Non-sexual behaviour
- The developmental influences on these wider ranging behaviours
- The effect of the environment/social and family context in which they live
- The young person’s ability to self-regulate and understand the impact of their behaviour
Pattern mapping is utilised for younger children (particularly for those under 7 years). This is a visual framework focusing on patterns and meaning of sexual behaviours.
Purple Leaf can offer:
- An AIM Under 12’s assessment of the child
- Identify therapeutic, supervision and support needs
- Provide tailored intervention programmes for the child and those around them
Intervention and Education Programme
Purple Leaf can provide specific, tailored intervention programmes to CYP that have exhibited or are at risk of exhibiting inappropriate, problematic or harmful sexual behaviours. This programme is tailored to the needs of the individual child or young person.
For more information about this service, please download the leaflet or contact us on the details below…