lations 2010 30 3.43. Data on pathway plans might also be used to evaluate the wider performance of an authority’s leaving care service. Budget holding 3.44. The PA is responsible for coordinating the services provided to support individual care leavers. These will include provisions to enable care leavers to develop financial capability and to access income maintenance services. The responsible authority is also accountable for accommodating and maintaining care leavers who are relevant children. How young people access and manage their personal finances will be a major factor determining whether they will be able to make a successful transition to adulthood. 3.45. PAs will have to engage with finance management issues and it may be desirable for PAs to have direct access to funding, for example, to provide emergency out of hours support to care leavers. Responsible authorities will need to establish the parameters of budget holding with PAs as part of their wider financial policy (see Chapter 8). Training and supervision 3.46. Supervision of PAs will fulfil a number of functions: • to ensure that the PA is offering each young person on their caseload the support required, as specified in their pathway plans; • to develop the PA’s skills and competencies and enable them to reflect on their practice, so that they improve and refine their skills and become more effective in delivering their tasks; and • to identify their training and development needs. 3.47. Supervisors should be responsible for making sure that case records are in order and up to date and that PAs’ recording conforms to agency standards. Apart from regular supervision meetings with the PA, supervisors should be appraising each PA’s performance by inviting regular feedback from other agencies and, of cou