ASK Care Ltd was established in 2006 in operation as a domiciliary care agency. Specialising in care to the South Asian community, however not exclusively. ASK management has a team who collectively has over 100 years of expertise and who are senior in experience from the nursing, training and voluntary sectors, each who are passionate in;
- Delivering efficient home care
- Promoting individuals dignity
- Promoting individuals independence.
- Giving individuals choice.
Why… ?
ASK started with a vision, to ensure care was provided to people with their choices at the forefront. Sareena the company director shares the story that inspired her to start a care agency…
“ When I was 15, my best friends mum was disabled and wheelchair bound . Every day I would see her receiving care from different people, but she wasn’t happy. I asked her what did she miss? And my friends mum answered “I just want someone to speak to in my language and make me india chai (tea)”. When I went home I thought to myself that’s a simple request why can’t she receive the care she wants and choose who she wants? Because she was very unhappy I felt something should be done.
Went on to complete my law degree but while studying my friends mum and her care was always on my mind, so at the age of 20 years I decided to set up a care agency, recruiting and training carers in different languages and then matching them to clients to provide cultural, language specific care and provide a better quality of care to the individual. That is when ASK was formed … ”
Jasbir Sanger
The Care Manager
The Care Manager had worked in the voluntary sector for 30 plus years , her expertise and experience allowed the company to ensure clients were at the forefront of the care they receive. Jasbir has trained the staff in language specific training , ensuring the vision to provide tailor made care to the client is maintained. Her voluntary sector work involved running a charitable community organisation, working with elderly and vulnerable members of society.
Organising and providing weekly group sessions for those individuals who were at risk, whether that be exercise classes or lunch clubs to letter reading or form filling.
Jasbir describes the work as “its satisfying to be able to speak to clients in the language they understand so that they feel apart of the care and support they need”. Also I have encouraged many women over the years to work in the health care sector and carried out training in other languages than English. Some of the women whose English is not their first language are some of the most senior and experienced workforce ASK has.