e their attendance and attainment. Through every phase of education practitioners support children and young people to access appropriate education settings, training and, in the long-term, employment. Support for care leavers • Practitioners help care leavers to develop and nurture loving relationships with family networks and friends, throughout their time in care and beyond. Wherever possible, practitioners help care leavers to make use of family-finding programmes, advocacy services, peer support, mentoring and befriending services. • Practitioners support children and young people who need the support of adult social care to be assessed in a timely way so their needs can be met. • Practitioners are committed to helping care leavers to live in safe, suitable accommodation. Care leavers are supported to access a range of housing options, including Staying Put, Staying Close (where available) and supported lodgings. Every effort is made to avoid care leavers becoming homeless. • Practitioners use their knowledge, skills, and experience to respond to mental health problems, and support care leavers so they can readily access health services. • Practitioners support care leavers to access appropriate education, employment, and training. This could include working with Jobcentres and employers and helping care leavers to identify and apply for opportunities, including schemes designed for care leavers, such as those available through the Care Leaver Covenant. 60 Glossary of terms Abuse - A form of maltreatment of a child or young person. Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to act to prevent harm. Harm can include ill treatment that is not physical as well as the impact of witnessing ill treatment of others. This can be particularly rel