pport, collaborating closely with education leaders and practitioners, including Virtual School Heads to help children and young people to access appropriate education, employment and training to achieve their aspirations and goals. Local authorities and health partners, including the local Integrated Care Board, should work together to make sure that children and young people have access to health services to improve their mental and physical health, and when leaving care, health assessments are part of their pathway planning. Local authorities should also work closely with housing partners to support care leavers, so they have barrier-free access to suitable good-quality housing. A growing number of children in care, or young people leaving care are those who are, or have been, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Whilst in the care of a local 51 authority, these children and young people should be afforded full access to the care and services to which they are entitled. Support should identify and address their needs, reflecting their immigration status and potential future pathway. Expectations for practice Responding to the voices of children, young people, and families • Every area asks children and young people about where they want to live and what is important to them in a home, if they cannot remain living with their family, family network or kinship carers. These conversations are conducted with sensitivity and explore children and young people’s identity and background, avoiding assumptions about what children and young people might want without talking to them first. • Every area has clear expectations and processes, so that children and young people receive regular information about the decisions being made about their lives, so they are clear what is ha