Self‑employed carers wanted

Private Carer Jobs in Eccles

Daytime hourly home care — set your own rates. Typical roles shown at £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

If you're a skilled carer in Eccles who wants to move away from agency rotas, PrimeCarers helps you find regular daytime, hourly home care work. You’ll be visiting people in their own homes across Eccles and nearby areas, supporting with personal care, meals, medication prompts and shopping or errands. This platform is built for self‑employed carers who want control: set your own rates, choose which clients you accept and decide the hours and service area you work in.

Right now, 31 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

Most roles are hourly daytime visits — typically a mix of short calls and longer morning or afternoon visits. You’ll support people with personal care, mobility assistance, meal preparation, medication prompting and light errands that help them stay independent at home. Work is based in and around Eccles, with opportunities not far from Pendlebury, Swinton, Salford, Worsley, Stretford and Chorlton and across greater Manchester for carers open to a slightly wider travel area.

Pay is self‑determined and visible to families when you set your rate. Typical rates for these kinds of hourly visits are shown as £18.50–£20 per hour. As a self‑employed carer you decide which clients to accept and when you’re available, so you can balance caring with other commitments.

PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles the paperwork: contracts, invoicing and payments are managed through the platform. While you’re working with a family arranged via PrimeCarers, insurance cover is included. That means you can focus on quality care rather than admin.

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. You don’t need to have worked for a specific employer type — industry experience counts — and many carers who leave agencies choose this route for more independence and clearer control of their working day.

Applying only takes minutes: create your profile, add your documents and references, and once verified your profile typically goes live within days. There’s no single advertised position here — we’re offering ongoing self‑employed opportunities across Eccles and the surrounding communities.

If you’re ready for daytime, hourly home care where you call the shots and still get client introductions and support, set up a PrimeCarers profile and start seeing matches in Eccles and beyond.

What carers earn around Eccles

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 259 carers in the area

£18.50–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 224 carers in the area

£17–£18 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 1461 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Eccles

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 259 carers within 30km of Eccles on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 31 hourly and night placements within 30km of Eccles are open at the moment.

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

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your rates

You’re self‑employed and choose the hourly rate you charge families, with clear visibility of typical ranges like £18.50–£20 per hour.

Flexible hours

Pick the clients and daytime visits that fit your life — morning calls, longer visits or a mix of both.

Meaningful home care

Work directly with families to provide personal care, meals, medication prompts and errands that help people stay at home.

Admin and insurance covered

PrimeCarers finds clients, handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and provides insurance while you’re on the job.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply in minutes, upload your documents and references. Profiles typically go live within days after verification.

  2. 2

    Choose clients & hours

    Browse matches and accept only the clients, times and locations that suit you across Eccles and nearby towns.

  3. 3

    Start caring

    PrimeCarers handles contracts and payments, and insurance is included while you work with families introduced by the platform.

Frequently asked questions

You 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. Experience in care homes, domiciliary work or similar roles is all relevant.

No. You’re self‑employed and choose which clients and visits to accept, so you control your rota and can balance work with other commitments.

PrimeCarers manages contracts and invoicing for you. You set your hourly rate, submit timesheets through the platform and payments are processed to you once invoices are settled.

An Enhanced DBS is required; PrimeCarers can support arranging this if you need it. Insurance cover is provided while you’re working on assignments introduced via the platform.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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