Self‑employed visiting care

Visiting Carer Jobs in Bilston

Set your own rates and hours — typical visiting care rates £18.50–£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

Looking for visiting care work in Bilston that fits your life? PrimeCarers connects experienced self-employed carers with families who need daytime support at home — personal care, meals, medication prompts and errands. You choose which clients to work with, the hours you take and the area you cover in and around Bilston, including Moxley, Willenhall, Coseley, Darlaston, Wednesfield and Wednesbury. Right now, 27 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

What visiting care looks like: typical daytime visits are short regular calls or longer support sessions in someone’s own home. Tasks usually cover personal care (washing, dressing, continence support), helping with meals and hydration, prompting and administering medication where needed, light household tasks and shopping or local errands. Visits are about making daily life safer and more comfortable while keeping people independent in their homes across Bilston and the wider West Midlands.

Pay and flexibility: as a self-employed carer on PrimeCarers you set your own rates and keep control of your diary. Typical rates for visiting care are £18.50–£20 per hour. You can also browse other common ranges such as £18.50–£20 per hour for hourly-care roles or £145–£160 per day for live-in days if you want different kinds of work.

Who this suits: this is for people with at least one year of professional care experience who want more control than agency patterns allow. It suits carers who value flexibility — choosing clients and building regular, reliable rounds in Bilston, or taking shorter one-off visits when it suits.

Requirements to join PrimeCarers:

  • Minimum one year of professional care experience.
  • An Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help you arrange this if needed).
  • The right to work in the UK and verifiable references.

How PrimeCarers helps: we find clients for you, handle contracts, invoicing and payments, and include insurance while you are working. You stay self-employed — you pick rates, clients and hours; we take care of the admin so you can focus on caring.

Ready to apply? It takes minutes to create a profile and most carers’ profiles go live within days of verification. This page advertises ongoing self-employed opportunities across Bilston and nearby areas; it isn’t a single job listing. If you’re ready for more control over your care work, create your profile and start choosing the visits that suit you.

What carers earn around Bilston

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 322 carers in the area

£18.50–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 261 carers in the area

£17–£18 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2545 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Bilston

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 322 carers within 30km of Bilston on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 27 hourly and night placements within 30km of Bilston are open at the moment.

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

Register as a carer

Why carers join PrimeCarers

Set your pay

You’re self‑employed and choose your hourly rate and clients.

Flexible hours

Build daytime visits that fit your diary and local travel plans.

Meaningful work

Provide personal care and support that keeps people independent at home.

Admin and insurance covered

PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing, payments and includes insurance while you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply in minutes with your experience, right to work and references.

  2. 2

    Get verified

    Complete checks (we can help with an Enhanced DBS) and go live in days.

  3. 3

    Choose visits

    Pick the clients, hours and service area that suit you and start accepting visits.

Frequently asked questions

No — carers on PrimeCarers are self‑employed. You set your rates, choose clients and manage your diary while we support contracts, invoicing and payments.

You need at least one year of professional care experience, the right to work in the UK, verifiable references and an Enhanced DBS check. PrimeCarers can help you arrange a DBS if required.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification, so you can start choosing visits across Bilston and nearby towns quickly.

PrimeCarers handles client matching, contracts, invoicing and payments for you, and provides insurance while you are working on a match.

You choose your service area and can focus on Bilston and surrounding areas like Moxley, Willenhall, Coseley, Darlaston, Wednesfield and Wednesbury to keep travel manageable.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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