Self‑employed carer roles

Private Carer Jobs in Pateley Bridge

Daytime hourly home care — set your own rates (typical range: £18.80–£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
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Description

Looking for daytime, hourly home care roles around Pateley Bridge? PrimeCarers connects experienced, self‑employed carers with local families who need help with personal care, meals, medication reminders and errands in their own homes. You’ll be doing short daytime visits and regular hourly calls, supporting people to stay independent in the Pateley Bridge area and across North Yorkshire. There is 1 family currently looking for care in the wider area.

Typical duties for these roles include:

  • Personal care: washing, dressing and mobility support during daytime visits.
  • Meal preparation and help at mealtimes.
  • Medication prompts and simple medication checks under client instructions.
  • Shopping, collecting prescriptions and light errands to keep clients independent.

This work suits experienced carers who prefer the variety and control of being self‑employed over agency rota work. On PrimeCarers you set your own rates, pick the clients and hours you accept and define your service area, whether you cover Pateley Bridge only or travel to nearby communities such as Harrogate, Norwood, Grassington, Ripon, Masham and Ilkley. Many carers move to PrimeCarers to find daytime, hourly shifts that fit around family life or other commitments.

Pay and flexibility are straightforward: you set your own hourly rate within the local market range, typically £18.80–£20 per hour for hourly home care, and can update it whenever you like. For reference, the platform also displays typical ranges for hourly-care and live-in day work: £18.80–£20 per hour and £145–£160 per day.

Requirements to join

  • At least 1 year of professional care experience.
  • An Enhanced DBS check (PrimeCarers can help arrange one if you need it).
  • The right to work in the UK and verifiable references.

PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work. That means you can focus on care, not paperwork. Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification, so you could be visible to families around Pateley Bridge and wider North Yorkshire very quickly.

If you’re an experienced carer in Pateley Bridge looking to take control of your hours, clients and pay while still having admin and insurance support, PrimeCarers makes it simple to get started. Create your profile, complete checks and start choosing the daytime visits that work for you.

What carers earn around Pateley Bridge

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 26 carers in the area

£18.80–£20 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 22 carers in the area

£17–£18.50 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 1201 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Pateley Bridge

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 26 carers within 30km of Pateley Bridge on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 1 hourly and night placement within 30km of Pateley Bridge is open at the moment.

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

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your rate

You’re self‑employed and choose what to charge; typical local ranges are shown (for example £18.80–£20 per hour).

Flexible hours

Pick daytime visits that fit your life — choose clients, shifts and your service area.

Meaningful work

Support people at home with personal care, meals, medication reminders and errands.

Admin support & insurance

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

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes and list your experience, availability and preferred area.

  2. 2

    Verify checks

    Provide references, right to work and an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this if needed).

  3. 3

    Choose work

    Browse and accept daytime hourly care visits that suit you; invoices and payments are managed for you.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Carers on PrimeCarers work as self‑employed providers: you set your rates, choose clients and decide your hours and service area.

You need at least 1 year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. How quickly you get bookings depends on local demand and the clients you match with in the Pateley Bridge area.

PrimeCarers finds clients, handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and includes insurance while you’re working with a client, so you can focus on care.

You choose your service area. Many carers cover Pateley Bridge and nearby towns such as Harrogate, Norwood, Grassington, Ripon, Masham and Ilkley based on what suits them.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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