Night Care Assistant Jobs in Pitsea

Provide waking or sleeping night support to people living at home in and around Pitsea. Overnight care can mean being alert for medication and changes in condition, supporting personal care, helping with repositioning, offering companionship and reassurance, or staying on duty so families can rest. You’ll work one-to-one in a private home, with the freedom to accept waking nights or sleeping nights that suit your lifestyle and experience. Right now, 16 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

This is an ongoing self-employed opportunity rather than a single post. As a PrimeCarers self-employed carer you set your own rates and choose which clients, hours and service area you will cover; typical rates for this kind of work are £17–£19.70 per hour. You decide availability across Pitsea and nearby towns like Basildon, South Benfleet, Wickford, Corringham, Langdon Hills and Laindon in Essex. Many carers move to self-employed nights for more control and fairer pay while keeping the compassionate, hands-on work they value.

Typical night work can include: monitoring wellbeing and observations, supporting with medication rounds, helping with continence care and transfers at night, offering reassurance or companionship, completing basic records and handovers, and liaising with families and other professionals as required. You must be comfortable working alone in a home and confident making sensible decisions overnight.

What PrimeCarers handles: we find clients, manage contracts, take care of invoicing and payments, and provide insurance while you’re working through the platform. That means you focus on care while we manage the administration and get you paid promptly.

Requirements to join include at least 1 year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. We also ask that you can work safely on your own overnight and keep clear records of care.

Applying takes minutes. Build a profile, submit your documents and references, and once verified your profile typically goes live within days. If you’ve been thinking about leaving agency overnight work or simply want more control over hours and clients in Pitsea and across Essex, this could be the change you need.