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Private Carer Jobs in Montgomery

Hourly home care — set your own rates and hours. Typical pay: £15–£25 per hour

  • Set your own rates — 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 · Most carers are live within days

Description

Hours-based home care in Montgomery suits experienced carers who want control and variety. You’ll visit people in their own homes during the day to help with personal care, preparing meals, supporting medication routines and running essential errands. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed and choose their own clients, hours and service area. PrimeCarers handles client matching, contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work. There is 1 family currently looking for care in the wider area.

This work is right for you if you value hands-on, respectful care and prefer short visits and flexible days over fixed rotas. Typical shifts are daytime visits that fit around family life, other commitments or school runs. You’ll use your professional judgment, build one-to-one relationships and help people stay independent in their own homes across Montgomery and the surrounding area including Welshpool, Newtown, Bishops Castle, Llanfair Caereinion, Clun and Church Stretton.

Pay and flexibility: you set your own rates as a self-employed carer. Typical earnings for hourly home care on the platform fall in £15–£25 per hour, and you control which jobs you accept. PrimeCarers takes care of billing and pays you on a reliable schedule so you can focus on care, not paperwork.

Typical duties include:

  • Personal care: washing, dressing and continence support
  • Meal preparation and support with eating
  • Medication prompts and simple administration as agreed
  • Shopping, errands and accompaniment to appointments

Requirements to join are straightforward: 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. PrimeCarers verifies documentation and references to keep standards high across Powys and the Montgomery area.

Getting started takes minutes. Create a profile, upload your documents and once verified your profile typically goes live within days. You remain fully self-employed: choose your clients, set your hours and define your service area. PrimeCarers supports you with contracts, invoicing, payment processing and insurance while you are working with a client.

If you’re based in or near Montgomery and want daytime, hourly home care work with independence and respect for your experience, apply now — it only takes a few minutes to get your profile ready and be visible to families looking for reliable local carers.

What carers earn around Montgomery

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

competitive rates per hour

Overnight care

competitive rates per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2149 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

Why carers choose PrimeCarers

You set your pay

Self-employed carers choose their rates and clients, with PrimeCarers handling invoicing and payments.

Flexible hours

Pick daytime visits that fit your life — accept the jobs you want and decline the ones you don’t.

Meaningful work

One-to-one care, building relationships and helping people remain independent at home.

Support and protection

Contracts, payment processing and insurance are provided while you’re working with a client.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Sign up and add your experience, references and right-to-work documents — it only takes minutes.

  2. 2

    Get verified

    Upload an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this) and we’ll check references so your profile can go live.

  3. 3

    Choose your work

    Browse matches, accept the daytime visits you want and let PrimeCarers handle contracts and payments.

Common questions

You join PrimeCarers as a self-employed carer. That means you set your rates, choose clients and manage your own taxes. PrimeCarers assists with contracts and payments but does not employ carers.

You’ll need at least one year of professional care experience, the right to work in the UK, verifiable references and an Enhanced DBS. We can help arrange a DBS if you don’t have one yet.

Yes. PrimeCarers invoices clients and pays you. Insurance is included while you are working with a client through the platform, so you’re covered on the job.

Applying only takes minutes. Once your documents and references are verified, profiles typically go live within days and you can start accepting local daytime visits.

Yes. You set your service area and can choose to work in Montgomery and nearby towns, so you only accept jobs that fit your travel plans.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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