Welcome to Pathway Care West Wales

Interested in becoming a Foster Carer ?

Tel. 0871 226 3760

Hello and welcome to Pathway Care West Wales, My name is Alison Parsons, I am the Regional Director here at our offices in Capel Dewi, Carmarthen.

I have worked for Pathway Care for nearly eight years, prior to this, I worked as a Team manager for a specialist fostering team for a local authority and before that as a manager for a community placement scheme in South Glamorgan. My career started 18 years ago in Merthyr, where I joined the Adolescent Services team straight from college, young naive and about to change the world. I am no longer young or naive, but I am still enthusiastic and have learned that although I am never going to change the world, I can, in some small way make a difference. I am consistently impressed by the patience determination and resilience of foster carers and the amount of time they give to helping children. I believe in fostering and am committed to giving better support and remuneration to assist carers in their role. I am proud of Pathway Care's role in the developing of National standards and the recognition of Carers status as colleagues and professionals.

I have seen the team in West Wales grow from 2 members of staff (one of whom was me) to 2 principal officers, 7 Family placement Supervising Social Workers, 1 outreach Worker, 1 Social Work Therapist and 2 Administrators.Over half the team are fluent welsh speakers, reflecting the culture and language of much of the geographical area that we cover.