Job description
Project Worker - Harmful Sexual Behaviour (AIM3 Qualified)
Location: Worcestershire (Hybrid / Remote with travel as required)
Contract: Agency / Temporary
Duration: 10 weeks initially (with potential extension)
Start Date: ASAP
Hours: Flexible - between 12 and 37 hours per week
Pay Band: PW3 - £32,142 to £39,106 per annum (pro rata)
About the Service
This is a specialist Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) service supporting young people aged 12-18 who have displayed sexually harmful behaviours.
The service delivers trauma-informed, evidence-based interventions, including AIM3 Assessment and Intervention, working closely with young people, parents/carers, and multi-agency professionals. The focus is on supporting young people to understand their behaviours in a non-judgemental, strengths-based way, reduce risk, and develop safe, healthy relationships.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced AIM3-qualified Project Worker to provide specialist assessment, intervention, consultation, and professional guidance within a complex safeguarding context.
You will:
- Deliver direct AIM3 work and interventions
- Complete high-quality AIM3 assessments and reports
- Support multi-agency decision-making and safeguarding planning
- Provide consultation, advice, and training to professionals
- Work collaboratively with families, carers, and partner agencies
Essential Requirements
(Applicants must meet all of the below)
- AIM3 qualified - this is a mandatory requirement
- Extensive knowledge of Harmful Sexual Behaviour, including:
- Technology-assisted sexual behaviours
- Sibling sexual behaviour
- Peer-on-peer sexual harm
- Proven experience producing AIM3-compliant academic assessments and reports
- Strong working knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
- Experience delivering training, workshops, or professional presentations
- Ability to provide multi-agency consultation and professional guidance
- Excellent safeguarding knowledge, including:
- Contextual safeguarding
- Intrafamilial risk and harm
- Strong understanding and application of trauma-informed practice
- Experience working with neurodivergent children and young people, adapting interventions to individual needs
- Willingness and ability to travel across Worcestershire
Desirable
- Experience delivering therapeutic interventions
- Skills in Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused approaches
- A recognised therapeutic qualification working with children and young people
Additional Information
- Hybrid working with home-based working and travel as required
- No specific health and safety risks identified
- Agency candidates only
- Enhanced safeguarding checks will apply
