This young person joined Yep! with partner Pentreath after leaving school. They had low self-esteem and very little confidence in communicating with others. They also experienced barriers with their poor mental health, including low mood, anxiety and not leaving the house regularly.

With their Adviser they wrote an action plan, focusing on improving mental health and wellbeing, worked on employability skills and confidence around communication. That 1:1 support meant they had a person to talk through things about every day life, enabling them to move forward.

With the support and intervention of Pentreath they have secured full-time employment, working as a support worker. A huge achievement and something they didn’t think they could achieve at the start of the project. They feel the project challenged them to try new things and pushed them out of their comfort zone and supported them to have some self-belief.