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Every family that calls gets an answer.

Your coordinators are out on visits, on the phone or covering shifts. AiRingDesk answers every call to your agency, day and night — new enquiries, referrals, job applicants and messages — and emails you the details straight after.

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The calls she handles

Built around the calls care agencies get

A care agency's phone rarely stops — and a missed call from a family can mean a new client going elsewhere.

New care enquiries

Families looking for care for a parent or relative. She takes down who needs care, where they live, the kind of support needed, when it’s needed from, and the best time to call back.

Referrals

Calls from social workers, discharge teams and other professionals. She records the referrer’s details, organisation and what’s needed, so your team can respond quickly.

Carer job applicants

Recruitment calls can take over the office line. She can take each applicant’s name, contact details, experience, availability and whether they drive — however you want it done.

Existing clients and families

Questions about visits, messages for a carer or the office — taken down clearly and passed to the right person.

Urgent concerns

You decide what counts as urgent and who it goes to — for example, transferring straight to your on-call coordinator.

Out of hours

Evenings and weekends, when many families call, every caller still gets a friendly answer and a promise of a call back.

Example call

A daughter calling on a Sunday evening

Your office is closed, but the call is still answered. On Monday morning the details are already in your inbox.

What lands in your inbox

What the caller wants: Home care for her mother, starting next week after a hospital stay.
Details: Mrs Green, mother lives in Harrow, needs help mornings and evenings.
Action needed: Call back Monday to arrange an assessment.

Fictional example for illustration.

ReceptionistGood evening, Bright Days Home Care, how can I help?
CallerHi — my mum's coming home from hospital next week and I think she'll need some help at home.
ReceptionistI'm sorry to hear she's been in hospital. I can take some details so our care team can call you back. Where does your mum live?
CallerIn Harrow. She'll need help in the mornings and evenings, mainly.
ReceptionistThank you. Could I take your name and the best number to reach you? The team will call you on Monday morning to arrange an assessment.
Set up for your agency

What she can know

She works like a receptionist you've fully briefed — give her as much detail as you like, and change it whenever you need to.

The types of care you offer — home care, live-in, respite, dementia care, companionship
The towns and postcodes you cover
Your office hours and on-call arrangements
How a new client gets started — assessments, referrals, private or council-funded
Answers to the questions families usually ask
Whether you’re recruiting, and what to ask applicants
Exactly what she should and shouldn’t say to callers
Questions

Care agency questions

Can she take calls from people applying for carer jobs?+

Yes. Tell her you're recruiting and what to ask — name, contact details, experience, availability, whether they drive — and every applicant's details arrive in an email after the call.

Will she give care or medical advice?+

No. She takes details and passes them on to your team, following your instructions. You decide what she can tell callers, and for anything urgent she follows your escalation instructions.

Can urgent calls go to our on-call coordinator?+

Yes. Calls that need a person can be transferred with a handoff summary. You set what counts as urgent and where it goes.

Many of our callers are older. Will they cope?+

She speaks naturally and clearly, and there are no phone menus or buttons to press — callers simply talk.

Can we keep our office number?+

Yes. Divert your existing number to AiRingDesk — when the office is busy, out of hours, or all the time. Families and professionals keep calling the number they know.

Is it GDPR compliant?+

AiRingDesk is built to UK GDPR and data protection standards and is registered with the ICO. See our privacy policy for details.

Which plan suits a care agency?+

Most agencies start on Essential (up to 150 calls a month) or Starter (up to 300). If you want her to book assessments into your Google Calendar, choose Professional.

Getting started

Try it free for 14 days

Ring our live demo to hear it first, then start your free trial. Tell us about your business, divert your number and you're live — usually in about 10 minutes.