 areas for personal development; developing job skills, understanding job/volunteering pathways and support available; understanding bursaries and other financial support; where to go for advice; understanding the impact of work on benefits. 64 Preparation for ceasing to be looked after and moving to a ‘staying put’ arrangement 7.27. 19BA of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 makes provision for the planning and preparation for a ‘staying put’ arrangement once the young person turns 16 and becomes an eligible child. 7.28. Local authorities should start discussions with the young person and foster carer regarding the option of staying put as early as possible, ideally before the young person reaches the age of 16. If, for example, the permanence plan for the child is long term foster care, the local authority should also discuss the option of the young person staying put once they reach 18. Through the pathway planning process, discussions should take place that take into consideration the wishes and feelings of the young person and the foster carer. The local authority will need to assess whether such an arrangement would meet the needs of the young person once they reach 18 and is consistent with their welfare. 7.29. It is important that the local authority listens carefully to the wishes and feelings of the young person. The possibility of a ‘staying put’ arrangement would first of all depend on whether both the young person and foster carer express a wish to enter into such an arrangement at the point when the young person will become 18. Should both parties express their wish to enter into a ‘‘staying put’ arrangement’, and the local authority determines it to be appropriate, the authority must provide advice, assistance and support in order to establish a ‘staying