Jeanette Young – Business Mentor for Social Care Founders, Growing businesses & Enterprises
Jeanette Young is a highly experienced Commissioning Director and business mentor specialising in supporting social care enterprises, founders, and purpose-driven organisations to grow sustainably and deliver high-impact services.
With a career rooted in senior public sector leadership, Jeanette brings deep expertise in social care commissioning, integrated working, and system transformation. She has led large-scale change programmes, managed significant budgets, and worked across complex multi-agency environments—giving her a nuanced understanding of how social care systems really operate and how providers can successfully navigate them.
Jeanette now works closely with social care founders, supported living providers, and emerging enterprises, helping them to:

Secure and sustain commissioning opportunities
Build credible, compliant, and scalable business models
Strengthen leadership capability and decision-making
Balance commercial success with high-quality, person-centred care

Alongside her public sector experience, Jeanette has founded, developed, and successfully exited several start-up businesses. This gives her a practical understanding of the real-world challenges of running and growing a business—from cashflow pressures to scaling teams and maintaining quality.
Known for her calm, strategic approach, Jeanette combines commercial acumen with a values-led mindset, ensuring that growth never comes at the expense of outcomes for people drawing on care and support.
Her communication style is clear, supportive, and insight-driven, making her a trusted mentor to leaders navigating complexity, change, and growth in the social care sector.
Jeanette holds an MBA from Kingston University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching & Leadership Development (Level 7), and a Level 3 Diploma in Counselling. She is also a Mental Health First Aider and volunteers for the charity Shout, supporting individuals in moments of crisis.