Youth Personal Advisor - Pan Thurrock

Get Set for Impact That Matters.

At Get Set UK, we ignite opportunity, build resilience, and support people to move forward with confidence and purpose . Through high-quality employability and wellbeing-focused programmes, we help individuals and communities achieve lasting change.

We’re now looking for a Youth Personal Advisor to join our Essex Work Ready service – a compassionate, motivated professional who is passionate about supporting young adults with mental health needs to re-engage with learning, employment and the wider community .

This is a frontline, people-focused role where your work will have real, visible impact on young lives across Essex.

Your Impact

As a Youth Personal Advisor, you will support young adults aged 16–26 with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), or who are at risk of disengagement .

Through personalised, recovery-focused and trauma-informed support, you will help young people rebuild confidence, develop aspirations and progress towards meaningful education, employment or training outcomes .

Working closely with mental health services, youth partners and community organisations, your role will directly contribute to improved wellbeing, independence and long-term life chances for young people across Pan-Essex, including Southend and Thurrock .

Your Role

• Deliver personalised, strengths-based 1-to-1 support to young adults aged 16–26 with SMI

• Build trust and rapport with young people who may have disengaged from services

• Support young people to identify goals, aspirations and next steps through structured action planning

• Provide practical support to progress into education, employment, training or work-readiness activity

• Deliver trauma-informed, youth-centred and recovery-focused support

• Work closely with CAMHS, Secondary Mental Health Teams, Early Intervention Psychosis services, ARMS and youth organisations

• Attend multi-agency meetings and contribute to coordinated support planning

• Promote the Essex Work Ready service within local referral networks

• Maintain professional information-sharing and partnership standards

• Deliver support flexibly across Greater Essex, including Southend and Thurrock

• Meet young people in safe, accessible community settings, youth venues and partner locations

• Adapt your approach to suit different engagement needs and environments

• Work independently and collaboratively while following lone-working procedures

• Work to engagement, progression and outcome targets

• Support the achievement of education, employment and training outcomes

• Contribute to employment engagement and opportunity development

• Maintain accurate, timely and compliant case notes and reporting

• Support delivery of contractual KPIs

• Identify, manage and escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately

• Work within risk-management and lone-working procedures

• Promote wellbeing-first and psychologically informed practice

• Encourage young people to shape their support and goals

• Gather feedback to inform service improvement and learning

Who we seek

• Experience working with young people or vulnerable groups

• Ability to build trust, rapport and positive relationships

• Experience in employability, youth work, mentoring, education or mental health support

• Understanding of barriers faced by young people with mental health needs

• Ability to work to performance expectations and outcomes

• Strong communication and partnership-working skills

You Share Our Values

• Be Ambitious - You’re determined , forward-thinking and always seeking improvement
• Be Inspiring - You support others to take ownership and raise standards
• Be Proud - You celebrate high-quality work and positive outcomes
• Be Considerate - You collaborate inclusively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
• Own It - You take accountability, lead with integrity, and follow through on what matters

Why Join Get Set UK?

Because you’ll be part of a mission-driven organisation that invests in your growth and celebrates your impact .

You’ll get:

• Wellbeing support including…