mportant that, as far as possible, care leavers are given some choice about the services supporting them and feel that their voice is listened to, in influencing the quality and direction of the support that they receive. (f) To keep informed about care leavers’ progress and wellbeing 3.38. Each care leaver must have an up to date and active pathway plan based on a current assessment of their needs. PAs must be in regular face to face contact with every care leaver that they support. The pathway plan must set out expectations for the PA to see the care leaver and, if relevant, arrangements for staying in touch in other ways. This could, for example, include expectations of regular exchanges of 29 text messages, emails and phone conversations between the PA and the young person. 3.39. Regulation 8(2) of the Care Leavers Regulations requires that when a care leaver moves to new accommodation, the PA must see them at that accommodation within 7 days of the move. Subsequently they must see the care leaver at the point at which the pathway plan will be first reviewed – namely after 28 days – and then they must visit the care leavers at no less than 2 monthly intervals. It is important to understand that these are minimum requirements. Where care leavers develop problems as they assume the responsibilities of adulthood they should expect, and will require, much more frequent personal contact with their PA. 3.40. Visits should often be scheduled to take place at the accommodation where the young person lives. On each occasion the PA must consider whether this accommodation continues to be suitable for the young person. The PA will need to observe the general state of the property and check how well the care leaver is managing in their accommodation, including that they are man