Self-employed carers wanted

Overnight Carer Jobs in Caister on Sea

Support families on waking or sleeping nights — set your own rates. Typical £17–£24 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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Description

Night-time care in Caister on Sea that lets families sleep while you provide waking or sleeping-night support in someone’s own home. You’ll be helping people stay safe and comfortable through the night — checks, medication prompts, repositioning and responding to needs — so relatives can rest with confidence. There is 1 family currently looking for care in the wider area.

These ongoing, self-employed opportunities suit experienced carers who want more control than agency work. Many roles are for waking nights where you’re active through the shift, and some are for sleeping nights where you’re on-site and available if needed. You set the hours that work for you and choose which clients you accept. Rates typically fall around £17–£24 per hour and you decide what to charge based on the support the person needs.

If you live in Caister on Sea or the surrounding area, you can take on nights close to home. PrimeCarers finds families for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work. You choose your service area and can offer nights across Norfolk and neighbouring locations such as Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Acle, Lowestoft and Stalham.

This is a good fit if you have practical night-time experience, value autonomy and want to keep care personal rather than rostered by an agency. You’ll manage your own diary, discuss terms directly with families and keep the hours that suit your life.

  • What we ask: at least 1 year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.
  • What we provide: client matching, contracts, invoicing and payments handled for you, plus insurance while on shift and a platform to manage bookings.
  • Getting started: applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification.

Working nights in Caister on Sea gives you the flexibility to top up other work or focus on nights alone. You remain self-employed, keep control of your diary and can build regular, trusted relationships with families who value consistent overnight support. If you’re ready to change how you work and take charge of your nights in Caister on Sea, Norfolk, creating a profile is the first step.

Apply in minutes, add your experience and references, and start seeing suitable overnight care opportunities in and around Caister on Sea within days.

What carers earn around Caister on Sea

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 25 carers in the area

£19–£22 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 20 carers in the area

£17–£24 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 1797 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Caister on Sea

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

£71

4 nights a week, before tax

A month

£309

The same week across a calendar month, before tax

The arithmeticA weekA month

Charged for your time

£21 a night x 4

£84

£364

PrimeCarers commission

15%, VAT included

- £12.60

- £54.60

You receive

£17.85 a night

£71.40

£309.40

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 20 carers within 30km of Caister on Sea on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 1 hourly and night placement within 30km of Caister on Sea is open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Caister on Sea.

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your rates

You’re self-employed and set your own hourly rate — typical £17–£24 per hour — so you stay in control.

Choose your hours

Pick waking or sleeping nights and the shifts that suit you across Caister on Sea and nearby towns like Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Acle, Lowestoft and Stalham.

Meaningful overnight support

Provide dependable night-time care that helps families rest and keeps people safe at home.

Insurance & admin covered

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

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply in minutes with your experience and references so families can find you.

  2. 2

    Verification

    We check Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange one), references and right to work; profiles usually go live within days.

  3. 3

    Choose nights

    Browse matches, agree terms directly with families and accept the overnight support you want to provide.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We ask for at least 1 year of professional care experience. That can include care-home, domiciliary or other paid care roles where you’ve worked nights or supported people with personal care, medication or mobility needs.

You remain self-employed: you set your own rates, choose clients, hours and service area. PrimeCarers finds families, manages contracts, invoicing and payments, and includes insurance while you work to reduce admin for you.

You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this if you need), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references from recent professional roles.

You decide your rates. Typical ranges used by carers are £17–£24 per hour with common hourly and live-in bands shown as £19–£22 per hour and £145–£160 per day — set what reflects the care you provide.

Most opportunities are in and around Caister on Sea, and you can choose how far you travel. Many carers cover nearby areas such as Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Acle, Lowestoft and Stalham across Norfolk.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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