 • Close personal relationships • Care experience • Depression D.6 Mentoring may offer an important experience for care leavers who value it for helping them with relationship problems, building confidence and improving emotional wellbeing. 39 Saunders L and Broad B (1997) The Health Needs of Young People Leaving Care. De Montfort University 98 D.7 Some care leavers will need particular support as part of the transition planning. These include: • Young people with emerging mental illness and personality disorder • Young people (perhaps with mild to moderate learning difficulties or disabilities) who will not require specialist services but who will need a pathway planning package to reflect their delayed maturation D.8 Young people’s health needs do not cease because they have ceased to be looked after. D.9 It will be good practice for each leaving care team to have at least one PA with an understanding of how mental health services are provided to children (CAMHS) and to adults. The post holder should be able to advise their team about how to refer young people for the most appropriate intervention where there are signs of the onset of mental health problems. They should understand arrangements for sharing information across health services for children and adults and have the confidence and communication skills necessary to brief health professionals about the needs of individual care leavers. Where young peoples’ needs fall below the threshold for intervention from adult mental health services, the PA fulfilling this function might have a role to identify alternative sources of support. The PA taking on this important role should have access to specialist mental health services. How leaving care services can promote positive health and well being One local authority 