The group work programme will be trialled for three months from October and is designed to complement individual work with the young people.
The AIM (assessment, intervention, moving on) project, which develops methods of working with young people with sexually harmful behaviour, is co-ordinating the initiative.
Jennifer Henniker, AIM's project manager, said: "We are looking to provide group work to these young people and hope to have a manual ready by the autumn. Group work on its own will not be useful but, combined with individual work with the youth offending teams, it is the best way forward."
The project also involves the NSPCC, social services and child and adolescent mental health services. Details of the sessions are still being ironed out, but there will be no more than eight young people in any group. The project is being financed by existing funds.
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