l support to the former foster carer) with a view to maintain such an arrangement. The only time the local authority would not provide advice, assistance and support would be in those exceptionally rare circumstances where a ‘staying put’ arrangement would not be consistent with the welfare of the young person. Communications 7.52. Local authorities should have clear and easily accessible information about how they support ‘staying put’ arrangements. To ensure that all young people in foster care are aware of this support, local authorities should disseminate information to the young person and foster carer, if possible, at the start of a fostering placement and/or at least at the point when the young person turns 16. 7.53. Local authorities should ensure that their ‘staying put’ protocols are published on their websites and disseminated to all their foster carers. Moving on from a ‘staying put’ arrangement 7.54. The local authority will want to ensure that the end of a ‘staying put’ arrangement is not another ‘cliff edge’ for the young person but a gradual transition to independent living. 7.55. Procedures should be agreed at the outset regarding how any wish by the former foster carer or young person to bring the arrangement to an end will be managed. Such processes should be managed carefully and sensitively by the local authority. 7.56. The social worker/personal adviser should discuss with the young person their transition from such an arrangement to another type of accommodation and agree the type of support the young person will require. These arrangements should be developed alongside joint protocols with the housing authority, setting out how access to social housing and care leavers ‘priority need’ status will be discharged. Challenging decisions by the local 