Flexible, self-employed roles

Visiting Carer Jobs in Addiscombe

Set your own rates and hours — typical roles pay around £18.80–£20 per hour

  • Set your own rates, with no agency cut
  • Choose your clients and your hours
  • Contracts, invoicing and payments handled for you
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Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check

Description

If you’re an experienced carer in Addiscombe looking to move away from agency routines, PrimeCarers connects self-employed visiting carers with local families in need of hourly home care. These daytime visits typically cover personal care, meals, medication support and errands, and let you work in people’s homes across Addiscombe and surrounding streets. Right now, 208 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

As a self-employed carer on PrimeCarers you choose the clients you work for, the hours you take and the area you cover. You set your own rates and most carers in the area charge in the range of £18.80–£20 per hour. PrimeCarers finds clients for you and takes care of contracts, invoicing and payments — insurance is included while you work on a booking, so you can focus on care, not admin.

Day-to-day tasks for visiting carers in Addiscombe and the Croydon area commonly include:

  • Assisting with personal care and continence support where needed
  • Preparing meals and supporting nutrition
  • Reminding or administering medication as agreed with a client
  • Shopping, errands and household tasks to help people remain independent at home

This kind of work suits experienced carers who prefer variety and short visits rather than shift-based care. It’s ideal if you want to balance family life, other commitments or additional work, because you control when and how much you work. You’ll find opportunities across Addiscombe and nearby towns like South Norwood, Selhurst, Elmers End, Thornton Heath, South Croydon and Eden Park.

To join you need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange this if required), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. We do not advertise a single role on this page — these are ongoing self-employed opportunities across Addiscombe and Croydon for visiting carers.

Applying takes minutes: create a profile, upload your documents and references, and once verified your profile typically goes live within days. When you accept a booking PrimeCarers handles the paperwork and payments for that booking, leaving you free to concentrate on providing great care.

If you want more control over your work, clearer earnings, and the chance to build direct relationships with families across Addiscombe and Croydon, start your PrimeCarers profile today. It’s quick to apply and you remain fully in control of the hours and clients you accept.

What carers earn around Addiscombe

Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and set their own rates. Typical ranges are based on what carers in the area currently charge.

Hourly care

Based on 1216 carers in the area

£18.80–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 1025 carers in the area

£17–£19 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2132 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Addiscombe

You set your own rate on PrimeCarers, and the rate you advertise is what a client is charged for your time. Our commission comes out of that rate rather than being added to it. Put your week in and the figures below move with it.

A week

£400

25 hours a week, before tax

A month

£1,733

The same week across a calendar month, before tax

The arithmeticA weekA month

Charged for your time

£20 an hour x 25

£500

£2,166.67

PrimeCarers commission

20%, VAT included

- £100

- £433.33

You receive

£16 an hour

£400

£1,733.33

Visits shorter than six hours are charged at the hourly commission rate. The commission is taken out of the rate you advertise rather than added on top of it, and the VAT on it comes out of our share.

Tax is yours to sort out

Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed, so Income Tax and National Insurance come out of the take-home figure above. Nothing is deducted for you and this page does not work out what you owe. Tax and money as a self-employed carer walks through registering with HMRC and what to put aside.

Rates from what 1216 carers within 30km of Addiscombe on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 208 hourly and night placements within 30km of Addiscombe are open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Addiscombe.

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

You set your rate

Decide your own hourly rate and the clients you accept so your work matches your income goals.

Flexible hours

Pick daytime visiting slots that suit you — build a schedule around family or other commitments.

Rewarding, varied work

Support people at home with personal care, meals, medication and errands across Addiscombe and beyond.

Admin handled

PrimeCarers manages client matching, contracts, invoicing and payments — plus insurance while you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes, add experience, upload an Enhanced DBS and references.

  2. 2

    Get verified

    We check your documents and references; PrimeCarers can help arrange a DBS if needed.

  3. 3

    Choose bookings

    Once live you pick local daytime visits across Addiscombe, Croydon and nearby towns.

Frequently asked questions

No — carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed. You set your rates, choose clients and manage your diary while PrimeCarers supports bookings and payments.

You’ll need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.

PrimeCarers handles invoicing and payments for each booking. You focus on care while we manage the money side and the contract for that booking.

Applying only takes minutes. After verification profiles typically go live within days, and you can begin accepting visiting care bookings across Addiscombe and nearby areas.

Yes. Insurance is included while you are working on a booking arranged through PrimeCarers, giving you cover during care visits.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

Join the carers already working with families around Addiscombe through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.