Youth Personal Advisor

That is the work of a Youth Personal Worker on Essex Work Ready, supporting young adults aged 16 to 26 living with severe mental illness who are not in education, employment or training, or are at risk of it. If you have supported young people as an adviser, coach, mentor, youth worker or careers professional, much of what you do will transfer.

The opportunity You will hold a caseload of around 25 to 30 young people across North Essex, meeting each one face to face, building trust, agreeing goals they want and following through to a course, training, work-readiness activity or a job. You will work alongside CAMHS, mental health teams, Early Intervention in Psychosis services, ARMS and youth organisations so the support fits together.

The young people are in Colchester, Clacton and the towns and villages of Tendring, and you go to them. This role cannot be done from home. You will drive between youth venues, partners and community settings most days, so you need to live close enough to cover North Essex daily and still get home safely in reasonable time. A long commute followed by a day on the road is not good for anyone's wellbeing.

Some young people will cancel or go quiet, and you will still work to engagement and outcome targets, manage safeguarding, follow lone-working procedures and keep accurate case notes. If steady progress towards real outcomes motivates you, you will do well here.

• Meeting young people one to one in safe community settings and building a plan they own.
• Turning goals into action plans and practical steps towards education, training or work.
• Joining multi-agency meetings and sharing information professionally with partners.
• Talking to local employers and referral networks so opportunities and referrals keep coming.
• Spotting and escalating safeguarding concerns, and keeping case notes accurate and up to date., Deliver results: you review progress across your caseload, notice when someone is drifting, own it and change your approach.
• People and Communication: you coach young people to make their own choices and keep conversations with families and professionals clear and respectful.
• Get it right: you are honest, follow safeguarding practice, ask for another view when a risk feels unclear and bounce back from setbacks.
• Strategic direction: you build lasting relationships with young people and partners, and try something new when the usual approach does not land., Healthcare and wellbeing:
  Vitality health and wellbeing support, including GP services, mental health support and physiotherapy.
• Employee assistance: A confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, including up to six counselling sessions annually and legal, financial and debt guidance.
• Pension and shares:
  Workplace pension, with salary sacrifice available subject to eligibility and scheme rules. Access to a share buy scheme.
• Health and fitness:
  Up to £360 annually through Incent Fit for eligible activities.
• Discounts:
  Wellbeing, retail, fitness, travel and mobile discounts, including 20% off eligible EE mobile plans.

Safer recruitment Get Set UK is committed to safer recruitment practices to help protect our colleagues and the people we support. As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to provide a complete and accurate history of your employment and other relevant activity for the previous five years, including explanations for any gaps, together with referee details covering the previous three years.

Please ensure the information you provide is complete and accurate, as we may be unable to progress your application until our safer recruitment requirements have been completed. Depending on the role, further pre-employment checks may include references, right-to-work checks, DBS checks and/or…