Welcome to Pathway Care South West England

Tel: 0117 957 3533

Fax: 0117 9573573 

I am James Toomey, and I became Regional Director at Pathway Care's Bristol Office in January 2007. As well as being a qualified social worker I have an MSc in Social Work and in 2006 completed an MBA at the University of Bath School of Management.

I have worked in social work for the past 12 years, initially as a social worker in a children and families team, and in a youth justice team. I was then a team leader in a children and families team, my last role in the local authority was to manage a specialist fostering scheme. I then left local authority to work in the independent fostering sector, where I was a regional assistant director for a large IFA.

Prior to qualifying as a social worker I had a variety of jobs including two years as a police constable, and three years working in the probation services of Somerset and Hampshire.

I chose to join Pathway Care because I believe it provides services which make a significant difference to the lives of children who are in foster care. The foster carers and staff at the Bristol office work together to deliver high quality foster placements for the children of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City Council, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, among others.

If there is anything more you would like to know about Pathway Care, or our team at Bristol, or you are interested in becoming a foster carer, I will be happy to hear from you.

Families First

 Families First fostering agency, recently became part of the Pathway Care Group. The agency which is based in Newton Abbot provides care for children and young people in the South West of England and covers the regions of ; Devon, Cornwall and Plymouth.