he young person to develop self-esteem and maintain positive attachments. Does the young person display self-esteem, resilience and confidence? Assessment of their capacity to empathise with others, reason and take appropriate responsibility for their own actions. Capacity to make attachments and appropriate relationships; show appropriate emotion; adapt to change; manage stress; and show self-control and appropriate self-awareness. Identity How the authority intends to meet any of the young person’s needs arising from their ethnicity, religious persuasion, sexual orientation. How does the young person understand their identity stemming from being a child in care and a care leaver? How the authority will assist the young person to obtain key documents linked to confirming their age and identity. Family and social relationships Assessment of the young person’s relationship with their parents and wider family. Contact with family – carried across from care plan. Young person’s relationship with peers, friendship network and significant adults. Strategy to improve any negative features of these relationships. How all these relationships will contribute to the young person making a successful transition to adulthood and how they will assist with integration into the community that they identify with. 23 Practical and other skills necessary for independent living The young person is adequately prepared with the full range of practical skills they will need to manage the next planned move towards greater independence. The young person is prepared for taking greater responsibility as they are expected to manage more independently. Financial arrangements Assessment of care leaver’s financial needs and their financial capability. Does the young person have a bank account, nation