Now recruiting in High Barnet
Hourly Care Assistant Jobs in High Barnet
Be your own boss in High Barnet. PrimeCarers finds you clients and handles contracts and payments — you focus on caring, at rates around £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
Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check
Description
Families in High Barnet and across Enfield are looking for experienced private carers for daytime visits — help with personal care, meals, medication prompts, errands and getting out and about. This is ongoing, self-employed work through PrimeCarers, not a single vacancy. Right now, 197 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.
Pay: carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and set their own rates. For this kind of work, carers in the catchment around High Barnet typically charge £18.80–£20 per hour (hourly care locally runs at £18.80–£20 per hour, and live-in placements at £145–£160 per day). You keep control of your rate — we never set it for you.
How it works: PrimeCarers is an introductory platform, not an agency. We find you clients in High Barnet and Monken Hadley, New Barnet, Hadley Wood, Chipping Barnet, Arkley and Cockfosters, handle contracts, invoicing and payments, and insure you while you work — you choose your clients, your hours and your rate.
What you'll need:
- At least 1 year of professional care experience
- An Enhanced DBS check — we can help you arrange one
- The right to work in the UK
- References we can verify
Apply today: registering takes a few minutes, and most carers are live and applying for jobs in High Barnet within days of completing verification.
What carers earn around High 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 1111 carers in the area
£18.80–£20 per hour
Overnight care
Based on 965 carers in the area
£17–£19 per hour
Live-in care
Based on 2281 carers in the area
£145–£160 per day
What you would take home in High 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
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 1111 carers within 30km of High Barnet on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 197 hourly and night placements within 30km of High Barnet are open at the moment.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around High Barnet.
Register as a carerEarn what you deserve, on your terms
Set your own rates
Carers near High Barnet typically charge £18.80–£20 per hour. You decide what your experience is worth — no agency cut of your rate.
Choose your hours
Work the days and times that suit your life. Take on one client or build a full week — it's entirely up to you.
Choose your clients
Browse care jobs in High Barnet and nearby, and only apply for the ones that feel right for you.
We handle the admin
PrimeCarers finds you clients and takes care of contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work.
How to get started
- 1
Apply online
Registering takes a few minutes. Tell us about your experience and the kind of care work you want.
- 2
Get verified
We check your ID, references, right to work and Enhanced DBS — we can help you arrange a DBS if you need one.
- 3
Start earning
Build your profile, set your rate and start applying for care jobs in High Barnet. Most carers go live within days.
Frequently asked questions
You set your own rate. Carers around High Barnet typically charge £18.80–£20 per hour for hourly work, and live-in placements typically pay £145–£160 per day. What you charge is up to you — PrimeCarers never sets your rate.
No — carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed. You work directly with your clients, set your own rates and choose your own hours. We find you clients and handle contracts, invoicing, payments and insurance while you work.
At least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help you arrange one), the right to work in the UK, and references we can verify.
Registering takes a few minutes. Once your ID, references and DBS are verified, your profile goes live and you can apply for care jobs in High Barnet straight away — most carers are earning within days.
Never. You browse jobs and apply only for the clients and schedules that suit you. Many carers start with one regular client and build up from there.
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 High Barnet through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.