hood, so effective support is wrapped around those leaving care. Leaders direct services and work with partners so that young people are prepared for the challenges of living independently, including where care leavers need timely assessments to access support from adult social care. Leaders champion services to strengthen strong, loving relationships for care leavers, with help available to build networks of support with friends, family and their wider community. • Leaders support care leavers to live in safe, suitable accommodation, with a wide range of accommodation options available to young people and appropriate levels of support that meet care leavers’ individual needs. They facilitate joint working with housing services to develop a comprehensive range of accommodation options to meet care leavers' needs. This could include giving care leavers priority 55 for social housing and the use of rent guarantor schemes to support care leavers to access private rented accommodation. Every effort is made to avoid care leavers becoming homeless. • Leaders establish and maintain strong relationships with health services so care leavers can access help when they need it. Leaders are determined to use the resources and tools they have available to tackle disparities in the physical and mental-health outcomes of care leavers. • Leaders champion ambitious changes to increase the number of care leavers in further education, higher education and apprenticeships. As far as possible, leaders work with local partners to remove barriers to these opportunities, creating and improving access to education, employment, and training, including within the local authority. • Leaders work closely with Jobcentres on an up-to-date care leaver protocol in place, making personal advisors aware o