elop services that are flexible to the needs of young care leavers that ensure they remain engaged. 43 Chapter 5: Education, training and employment Planning for education, training and careers 5.1. The young person’s Personal Education Plan and care plan should already include information about their career aspirations and ambitions. This should be developed as part of the pathway planning process. Care leavers should be offered work experience and other opportunities to allow them to test their career aspirations and needs. 5.2. Alongside these opportunities they must also be provided with access to high quality information, advice and guidance to inform their plans in order to progress into continuing education, training or employment. How this will be met should be included in the pathway plan. This career planning support should help young people recognise the relevance of their studies to their future career and life chances and should encourage young people to reflect regularly on their skills, strengths and aspirations. 5.3. The quality of the support provided to the young person aimed at ensuring they succeed in education and make progress towards their preferred career pathway, should be considered as part of the process of reviewing care or pathway plans. The quality of the local authority's care and pathway planning and the support provided to the young person from their carers, school, college and PA will be the key to their being able to go on to participate in further or higher education. 5.4. Local authorities should make sure that they have policies and processes in place to support every care leaver undertaking apprenticeships, traineeships, vocational courses or employment. These policies will need to take into account the universal financial support 