Self-employed carers wanted
Overnight Carer Jobs in Alloa
Set your hours and rates — typical pay is £17–£21.30 per hour for overnight care
- Set your own rates, with no agency cut
- Choose your clients and your hours
- Contracts, invoicing and payments handled for you
Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check
Description
Overnight care in Alloa means supporting people in their own homes through waking or sleeping nights so families can rest. On PrimeCarers you’ll find ongoing self-employed opportunities across Alloa and the wider Clackmannanshire area helping people stay safe and comfortable overnight. Right now, 3 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.
These shifts suit experienced carers who want more control than agency hours allow. You might support someone who needs regular checks, medication prompts, repositioning, or company through the night. Nights can be waking shifts — active care and monitoring — or sleeping nights where you’re on-call in the home. You choose the kind of nights you want to offer and the clients you’ll work with.
As a self-employed carer on PrimeCarers you set your own rates and availability, pick clients, hours and your service area. Typical pay falls in the range £17–£21.30 per hour depending on the client’s needs and the shift. PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work.
Requirements to join are straightforward and aimed at experienced carers: at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK, and verifiable references. If you live in or near Alloa — or towns such as Clackmannan, Dunmore, Tullibody, Alva, Airth and Tillicoultry — you could soon be matched with local families who need overnight support.
Practicalities are simple. Applying takes minutes; profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once you’re approved you’ll receive client introductions and can decide whether to accept or decline each job. PrimeCarers supports the paperwork and payments so you can focus on care and the work you enjoy doing.
This page advertises ongoing self-employed opportunities rather than a single role. If you’re an experienced carer ready to leave rigid rota patterns and take control of your nights in Alloa and across Clackmannanshire, PrimeCarers could be the next step. Create your profile, upload references and an Enhanced DBS if you have one, or ask us to help arrange it — then start choosing nights that suit your life.
What carers earn around Alloa
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 15 carers in the area
£18.80–£19.20 per hour
Overnight care
Based on 16 carers in the area
£17–£21.30 per hour
Live-in care
Based on 185 carers in the area
£142.50–£160 per day
What you would take home in Alloa
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
£68
4 nights a week, before tax
A month
£295
The same week across a calendar month, before tax
Charged for your time
£20 a night x 4
£80
£346.67
PrimeCarers commission
15%, VAT included
- £12
- £52
You receive
£17 a night
£68
£294.67
A waking night runs past six hours, so it is charged at the shift 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 16 carers within 30km of Alloa on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 3 hourly and night placements within 30km of Alloa are open at the moment.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Alloa.
Register as a carerWhy carers choose PrimeCarers
You set your rates
Decide what you charge and accept only the nights that suit you. Typical pay is £17–£21.30 per hour.
Flexible hours
Pick waking or sleeping nights, choose locations across Alloa and nearby towns, and control your rota.
Meaningful work
Provide continuity of care in someone’s own home and build real relationships with families.
Backed by PrimeCarers
We handle contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you’re working.
How it works
- 1
Create your profile
Apply in minutes, add your experience and references, and request help arranging an Enhanced DBS if needed.
- 2
Meet and agree
We introduce you to families in Alloa and nearby towns. You choose clients, agree the rate and confirm nights.
- 3
Work and get paid
PrimeCarers handles contracts and invoicing. Insurance is included while you work and payments are processed for you.
Frequently asked questions
This page advertises ongoing self-employed opportunities across Alloa and Clackmannanshire, not a single position. You’ll be introduced to families and can accept or decline individual nights.
You need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.
PrimeCarers manages client introductions, contracts, invoicing and payments, so you don’t have to chase fees. Insurance is included while you’re working on a placement.
Applying takes minutes. Profiles typically go live within days of verification, and then you can begin receiving introductions to local families.
Many carers use PrimeCarers alongside other work. Because you control your rates and hours, you can fit nights around existing commitments.
Guides for carers
What the work pays, the checks and paperwork you need, and how to get started.
Ready to start earning on your own terms?
Join the carers already working with families around Alloa through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.
