Ben Feenan

Hey, I'm Ben! If you're reading this, you probably want to know who's behind Asina and whether you can trust us with someone you love. That's fair. So let me tell you a bit about myself and why I started this.

I got into disability support back in 2015. I was young, didn't really know what I was getting into, and landed a Key Worker role at DARE Disability Support in Sydney. I was placed straight into Supported Independent Living (SIL) homes, working alongside people with complex needs every single day. It was hard. It was exhausting sometimes. But it taught me more about people, about patience, and about what good care actually looks like than anything else ever could. I spent five years there and honestly, those years shaped everything I believe about this work. DARE was a great place to work and I'm grateful for that foundation.

After DARE, I moved across to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance in 2021. Another fantastic organisation. That's where things got more clinical for me. I got my MAPA certification, worked closely with behaviour support teams, and started understanding the bigger picture of how care is coordinated, especially for people with really complex needs. CPA is one of the best in Australia and I learned so much from being part of that team.

In 2025, I made the move up to Armidale and took on a supervisory role locally, looking after a team of about 35 staff. That gave me a lot of operational experience with rosters, compliance, incidents and quality improvement.

Through all of that, over 10 years on the ground, I kept coming back to the same thought: I can only make a difference to a handful of people at a time out in the field. But if I build something from scratch and set the culture and the values early on, I can impact hundreds of people. Families who are scared. Participants who deserve so much more than what they're getting. That's the whole reason Asina exists.

Today I lead Asina with a hands-on, community-first approach. I'm still very much on the ground, still building relationships with participants and families, and still driven by the same thing that got me into this industry over a decade ago: wanting to make people's lives better. We're based in Armidale and the New England Region, NSW, and we're just getting started.