 and young people and work towards meeting the outcomes within the National Framework. • Leaders undertake sufficiency planning and work with other local authorities and partners to jointly invest in care options that meet the future needs of children. Leaders commission and manage services so that placements in their area can meet the individual needs of children and young people. Leaders are confident to operate in accordance with legislation, guidance and best practice to care for children and young people. • Leaders design services with Integrated Care Boards so that appropriate provision for children with complex needs can be jointly commissioned and funded. • Leaders build strong relationships with local health services so that children in care and care leavers can access the physical and mental health support they need. 53 • Leaders build strong relationships with Youth Offending teams so that children in secure settings are supported by a multi-agency approach and have step-down plans in place. • Leaders prioritise making sure children in care and care leavers have, and can maintain, lifelong loving relationships with family and friends that go beyond the professionals in their lives. Where these do not exist, leaders help services identify and establish support networks, including through the use of family finding, mentoring or befriending services. • Leaders are confident in how they commission services, so that those providing care or support to children and young people, such as foster carers, residential children’s home staff, supported accommodation staff and staff in health settings, have the training, knowledge, and skills, to provide safe, loving and supportive care. • Leaders set expectations that children in care and care leavers have access to inform