Self-employed carers wanted

Dementia Support Carer Jobs in Colindale

Set your own rates and hours — typical roles in the area pay around £18.80–£20.10 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 have experience supporting people living with dementia at home, PrimeCarers connects you directly with families across Colindale and nearby neighbourhoods. These are ongoing self-employed opportunities where you set your own rates, choose your clients and hours, and support people to stay comfortable in familiar surroundings. You’ll bring patience, predictable routines and calm companionship to people who benefit from consistency and a known face.

Right now, 226 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

Typical tasks include companionship, supporting daily routines, gentle prompting with personal care and medication reminders, light household tasks that keep a home familiar, and working closely with families to keep things predictable for the person living with dementia. This role suits carers who value small, steady shifts of meaningful work and who prefer helping people remain at home rather than moving into unfamiliar settings.

Pay and working pattern are flexible. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and set their own rates — many charge within £18.80–£20.10 per hour. Typical pay examples shown on profiles include £18.80–£20.10 per hour for hourly care and £145–£160 per day for live-in arrangements; actual charges are set by you. PrimeCarers finds clients, handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and provides insurance while you are working on a placement, so you can focus on care. You choose which clients to accept and the service area you want to cover.

To join you’ll need:

  • At least 1 year of professional care experience
  • An Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange one)
  • The right to work in the UK
  • Verifiable references

Many carers coming from agency work choose this route because it gives clearer continuity with clients and more control over hours and rates. If you currently work in Enfield or nearby — including The Hyde, Hendon, Grahame Park, West Hendon, Burnt Oak and Kingsbury — you can limit your service area to what suits you best. Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification, so you can be visible to families across Colindale quickly.

PrimeCarers is aimed at experienced, reliable carers who understand dementia care is built on routine, patience and preserving dignity. We are advertising ongoing self-employed opportunities rather than a single placement: you remain in control of which requests you accept and when you work. If you’d like to support people to live well at home in Colindale, join us and start matching with families who value the skills you bring.

Ready to apply? Complete a short profile — it only takes minutes — and we’ll guide you through verification so your profile can go live and begin matching with families in Colindale and the surrounding area.

What carers earn around Colindale

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 1228 carers in the area

£18.80–£20.10 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 1056 carers in the area

£17–£19.50 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2228 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Colindale

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 1228 carers within 30km of Colindale on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 226 hourly and night placements within 30km of Colindale are open at the moment.

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

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your own rates

You’re self-employed and set your charges; many carers work within £18.80–£20.10 per hour.

Choose your hours

Accept the shifts that suit you — short calls, regular visits or longer live-in work in your chosen area.

Meaningful continuity

Support people to stay at home with patient, routine-led care and strong family communication.

Practical support from PrimeCarers

We find clients, handle contracts, invoicing and payments, and provide insurance while you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Add experience, references and availability — the form takes minutes.

  2. 2

    Verify and go live

    Arrange checks (we can help with an Enhanced DBS) and get approved so your profile can be shown to families.

  3. 3

    Match and choose

    We introduce you to families; you decide which requests to accept and set the hours and rate.

Frequently asked questions

Dementia support carers provide companionship, help maintain routines, support with daily living tasks, prompt medication when needed, and keep the home environment familiar and safe. The role focuses on patience, consistency and working closely with families.

Carers are self-employed: you set your rates, choose clients and manage your schedule. PrimeCarers sources clients, manages contracts, invoicing and payments, and provides insurance while you are working on a placement.

You need at least 1 year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.

Applying takes minutes and, once verified, profiles typically go live within days. From there you can start seeing requests from families across Colindale and nearby areas.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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