. Financial arrangements Assessment of care leaver’s financial needs and their financial capability. Does the young person have a bank account, national insurance number, and appreciate the value of regular saving etc. Do they have access to financial support and adequate income to meet necessary expenses? Pathway plan must include a statement of how the authority proposes to maintain a relevant child, the arrangements in place for the young person to receive financial support and contingency plans. Statement of financial assistance to be provided to a former relevant child. Refer to Chapter 8. (Suitability of) Accommodation An assessment of the quality of accommodation where the young person is living / any accommodation under consideration for them to live in. How far is this suitable to the full range of the young person’s needs? What steps might need to be taken to improve it? [Schedule 2 of the Care Leavers Regulations] Personal advisers 3.17. Once a young person ceases to be looked after and they are a relevant child, or once they reach legal adulthood at age 18 and are a former relevant child, then the local authority will no longer be required to provide them with a social worker to plan and co-ordinate their care. 24 3.18. The local authority must, however, appoint a PA to support them. The PA will act as the focal point to ensure that care leavers are provided with the right kind of personal support. All care leavers should be aware of who their PA is and how to contact them, so that throughout their transition to adulthood they are able to rely on consistent support from their own key professional. 3.19. It will be good practice, where possible, for the young person to maintain the same PA from the age of 18 that was allocated to their support when they were 