Self-employed dementia care
Dementia Support Carer Jobs in Bounds Green
Set your own rates and hours — typical local range is £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
Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check
Description
Work with people living with dementia in their own homes across Bounds Green and nearby areas. You’ll be supporting familiar routines, using patience and small adaptations to help people stay comfortable and confident at home. You’ll work with families to maintain continuity of care and meaningful everyday moments, whether that’s supporting daily routines, helping with meals, prompting medication or offering companionship.
Right now, 225 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.
These opportunities are ongoing, self-employed roles rather than single shifts or fixed contracts. Carers on PrimeCarers set their own hours, choose which clients to accept and define the area they cover. Many carers who join from agency work value the steadier relationships they can build in Bounds Green and the wider Enfield borough, including visits to New Southgate, Bowes Park, Arnos Grove, Colney Hatch, Wood Green and Southgate via New Southgate, Bowes Park, Arnos Grove, Colney Hatch, Wood Green and Southgate.
The kind of support families often need includes:
- Creating and following familiar routines to reduce anxiety.
- Using gentle prompts and reassurance during personal care and mealtimes.
- Reminiscence, simple meaningful activities and companionship.
- Monitoring wellbeing and communicating clearly with family members.
Pay and flexibility: you’re self-employed and set your own rates, so you control your earnings within the local range of £18.80–£20 per hour. Many carers charge within the typical ranges for hourly care £18.80–£20 per hour or live-in days £145–£160 per day while choosing the commitments that suit their life.
PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments. Insurance is included while you work through the platform, which reduces admin and lets you focus on care.
To join you’ll need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. We verify profiles quickly: applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification.
If you’re an experienced carer based in Bounds Green or nearby and you want more control over who you support and when, PrimeCarers could be a good move. Create a profile, tell us about your dementia care experience and we’ll help connect you with local families in Enfield and beyond.
What carers earn around Bounds Green
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 1264 carers in the area
£18.80–£20 per hour
Overnight care
Based on 1083 carers in the area
£17–£19 per hour
Live-in care
Based on 2197 carers in the area
£145–£160 per day
What you would take home in Bounds Green
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
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 1264 carers within 30km of Bounds Green on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 225 hourly and night placements within 30km of Bounds Green are open at the moment.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Bounds Green.
Register as a carerWhy carers choose PrimeCarers
Set your rates
You’re self-employed and in control of your fees and availability.
Flexible hours
Choose the clients, times and neighbourhoods you want to work in around Bounds Green.
Meaningful dementia support
Build lasting relationships and support familiar routines at home.
Less admin, more care
PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing, payments and includes insurance while you work.
How it works
- 1
Create your profile
Apply online in minutes and tell us about your dementia care experience.
- 2
Verify and go live
Provide references and DBS; PrimeCarers can help arrange an Enhanced DBS. Profiles usually go live within days.
- 3
Choose clients and start
We match you with families in Bounds Green and Enfield so you can accept the work that fits your life.
Common questions
You work for yourself, set your own rates and select the clients and hours you take. PrimeCarers introduces families, handles contracts and payments, and includes insurance while you work.
Yes — we ask for at least one year of professional care experience. Experience supporting people living with dementia is highly relevant and valued by families in Bounds Green and across Enfield.
We require an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. These checks help families feel confident about who they invite into their homes.
PrimeCarers manages invoicing and payments for you so you’re paid for the work you accept. You set your own rates and receive payment through the platform.
Applying takes minutes. Once your documents are verified, profiles typically go live within days and we start matching you with local families.
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 Bounds Green through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.
