Youth Personal Advisor

Get Set UK Group; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated community organization in Southend-on-Sea is looking for a Youth Personal Advisor to support young adults aged 16-26 with severe mental illness. In this impactful role, you'll collaborate with mental health services and deliver personalized support strategies to help young people re-engage with education and employment. You will work closely with various partners to improve wellbeing and life chances, making a meaningful difference in the community.

Benefits

Wellbeing support including GP and counselling

Discounts, pension and salary sacrifice options

Enhanced benefits with service

Culture built on ambition and support

Opportunities for progression

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people or vulnerable groups.
• Ability to build trust and positive relationships.
• Experience in employability, mentoring, or mental health support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1-to-1 support to young adults aged 16-26 with severe mental illness.
• Support young people to identify goals and aspirations.
• Work closely with mental health services and youth partners.

Skills

Building trust and rapport

Strong communication skills

Experience with vulnerable groups

Understanding mental health barriers

Job description

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

Supporting Young People to Move Forward

• 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

Partnership & Integrated Working

• 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

Outreach Delivery Across Essex

• 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

Performance & Outcomes

• 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

Safeguarding, Risk & Wellbeing

• Identify, manage and elevate safeguarding concerns appropriately
• Work within risk-management and lone-working procedures
• Promote wellbeing-first and psychologically informed practice

Co-Production & Youth Voice

• 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 GP, counselling and Headspace
• Discounts, pension and salary sacrifice options
• Enhanced benefits with service
• A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership and support
• Real opportunities for progression

We are also a proud Disability Confident Employer. Adjustments are available at every stage.

Ready to Apply?

If you're ready to use your quality leadership to make a meaningful difference – for learners, staff, and communities – we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and join a team where Every Word Matters, Every Action Counts, and Every Person Matters.

We reserve the right to close applications early. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome all applications. Get Set UK is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status. Our aim is to support and maintain the physical and mental health of all people at work.

If you do need any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and recruitment process, please let us know at the outset and we will work hard to provide the right solution for you.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners/clients and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful appointment to this role will require satisfactory completion of recruitment checks.

Get Set UK does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Get Set UK will consider these CVs as gifts and will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.