Self-employed visiting care • Garretts Green
Visiting Carer Jobs in Garretts Green
Daytime hourly home care — set your own rate within £18.50–£20 per hour and choose your hours
- 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
Join a community of self-employed visiting carers offering daytime, hourly care in Garretts Green and the surrounding area. You’ll support people in their own homes with personal care, preparing meals, medication support, errands and companionship — typical hourly home visits that help people stay independent. Right now, 28 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.
This work suits experienced carers who want more control than traditional agency shifts. On PrimeCarers you choose your clients, hours and service area; many carers working from Garretts Green cover nearby streets and towns including Kitts Green, Tile Cross, Fordbridge, Lyndon Green, Lea Hall and Kents Moat. You set your own rates and availability, and you can accept only the visits that suit you.
Pay is flexible because carers are self-employed and set their own rates. Typical options fall between £18.50–£20 per hour depending on the care required and your experience. PrimeCarers matches you with families, handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and provides insurance while you’re working so you can focus on care rather than paperwork.
Typical daytime visiting work involves short hourly visits and longer calls for personal care, helping with washing and dressing, preparing meals, prompting or administering medication (where agreed), shopping and local errands, and offering companionship. You’ll often visit the same people regularly, building relationships and continuity of care in Garretts Green and across the West Midlands.
To join we ask for 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. Profiles typically go live within days of verification, and the application takes just minutes to start.
PrimeCarers is designed for people moving away from agency routines who want flexibility and more direct relationships with families. If you want to choose your clients and hours, manage your own diary and be supported with contracts and payments, this is a practical, reputable way to work in and around Garretts Green.
Ready to get started? Create your profile, upload your references and DBS, and start reviewing local requests. Most carers begin finding suitable visiting work in Garretts Green within days of approval.
What carers earn around Garretts 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 389 carers in the area
£18.50–£20 per hour
Overnight care
Based on 326 carers in the area
£17–£18 per hour
Live-in care
Based on 2570 carers in the area
£145–£160 per day
What you would take home in Garretts 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 389 carers within 30km of Garretts Green on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 28 hourly and night placements within 30km of Garretts Green are open at the moment.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Garretts Green.
Register as a carerWhy join PrimeCarers in Garretts Green?
Set your own rates
You’re self-employed so you decide what to charge; many carers work within £18.50–£20 per hour depending on visits and experience.
Choose your hours
Accept daytime visits that fit your diary — morning calls, daytime packages and short hourly visits are all available.
Meaningful local work
Build ongoing relationships with families in Garretts Green and nearby communities, giving consistent, person-centred care.
Contracts, payments & insurance
PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and provides insurance while you’re working so you’re supported.
How it works
- 1
Create your profile
Apply in minutes, add experience, upload DBS and references. We’ll verify your documents quickly so your profile can go live.
- 2
Choose clients & shifts
Browse client requests local to Garretts Green, accept the visits that suit you and arrange times directly with families.
- 3
Work and get paid
Complete agreed visits, submit timesheets and PrimeCarers handles invoicing and payments — with insurance included while you work.
Frequently asked questions
Daytime visiting care typically includes personal care (washing, dressing), meal preparation, medication prompts, shopping and light errands, and companionship. Tasks are agreed with each family before you accept visits.
As a self-employed carer you set your own hourly rate. Typical rates fall within £18.50–£20 per hour but you choose what to charge based on your experience and the care required.
We require at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.
PrimeCarers provides the client matching and paperwork: we issue contracts, collect payments and pay you. Insurance is included while you’re working on bookings arranged through the platform.
Yes. You choose your service area and can limit visits to Garretts Green or include nearby towns such as Kitts Green, Tile Cross, Fordbridge, Lyndon Green, Lea Hall and Kents Moat depending on what suits you.
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 Garretts Green through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.