 supervision meetings with the PA, supervisors should be appraising each PA’s performance by inviting regular feedback from other agencies and, of course, from young people themselves. Personal adviser to 25 3.48. Section 23CA of the 1989 Act requires that young people previously eligible for leaving care services resuming programmes of education or training after the age of 21 are entitled to continuing support from a PA allocated from their responsible authority. 3.49. In this context, the definition of a programme of education or training must be interpreted broadly. For example, this might include options such as: 31 completion of a basic skills course, so that the young person has the numeracy and literacy skills needed to compete in the jobs market; take up of a course of further education; take up of a university place; support to enable the young person to complete a recognised postgraduate qualification; or participation in vocational training and apprenticeships. 3.50. Each local authority should develop its own specific policy setting out the support that it is prepared to offer to this group of care leavers. 3.51. Policies should include the following information: • arrangements about how young people can resume contact easily with their responsible authority so they are able to take up this support; • details of how the authority will work with the young person to develop a new education and training focused pathway plan; and • information about any financial support. 3.52. In every case where a care leaver requests this support, authorities will need to assess the appropriateness of the education or training course and how it will help them to achieve their ambitions. The leaving care team should meet with the young person and based on the assessment of th