Self-employed hourly home care

Hourly Care Assistant Jobs in East Barnet

Daytime visits for personal care, meals and errands — typical rates £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
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Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check

Description

PrimeCarers connects experienced, self-employed carers with families in East Barnet and nearby areas for daytime, hourly home care visits. You’ll support people in their own homes with personal care, preparing meals, prompting or assisting with medication and short errands—helping them stay independent while fitting care around your life. Right now, 215 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

These roles suit carers who prefer variety and control: you choose your clients, the hours you work and the area you cover in and around East Barnet. Many carers who’ve moved from agency work appreciate making their own choices while keeping professional standards. Typical rates fall within £18.80–£20 per hour, and because you’re self-employed you set the precise rate for each client.

PrimeCarers finds you families seeking hourly daytime visits across East Barnet, Enfield and neighbouring neighbourhoods such as Barnet, Brunswick Park, Oakleigh Park, Osidge, Whetstone and Cockfosters. We manage the paperwork so you can focus on care: we handle client introductions, contracts, invoicing and payments, and include insurance while you’re working on a booked shift. That practical support makes it straightforward to run your own care work without reinventing the admin.

To join you’ll need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. We do check documents and references to protect families and carers; once you’ve submitted everything applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification.

If you’re based in East Barnet and want flexible daytime hourly work, this is an ongoing opportunity to build a regular client list while staying independent. You can accept only the visits that suit you, top up your diary with local calls, and keep weekends or evenings free if you prefer. Many carers in Barnet and the surrounding area find the mix of practical support from PrimeCarers and the freedom of self-employment a better fit than agency rosters.

Ready to see what’s available? Create your profile, add your experience and references, and we’ll help you get set up. Your profile can start connecting you with families across East Barnet and Enfield within days.

What carers earn around East Barnet

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 1212 carers in the area

£18.80–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 1046 carers in the area

£17–£19 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2245 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in East Barnet

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 1212 carers within 30km of East Barnet on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 215 hourly and night placements within 30km of East Barnet are open at the moment.

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

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your own rates

You’re self-employed and decide what to charge for each client and visit.

Choose your hours

Accept daytime visits that fit your life — build a diary that works for you.

Work you value

Provide personal care and practical support in people’s homes across East Barnet and nearby.

Practical support included

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

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes and list your experience, availability and the area you cover.

  2. 2

    Verify and approve

    Provide DBS, right-to-work and references. PrimeCarers can help arrange an Enhanced DBS if needed.

  3. 3

    Choose bookings

    Accept hourly daytime visits that suit you; profiles typically go live within days of verification.

Common questions

Hourly daytime visits usually cover personal care, helping with meals, administering or prompting medication, companionship and short errands like shopping or collecting prescriptions. Exact duties are agreed between you and the family.

Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and set their own rates. Typical local ranges are shown during sign-up and you can set a rate that reflects your experience and availability.

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

Yes. PrimeCarers manages contracts, invoicing and payments on booked visits and provides insurance cover while you’re working on those bookings.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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