Self-employed care roles

Hourly Care Assistant Jobs in Port Talbot

Daytime hourly visits — set your own rate from £18.80–£21.50 per hour and choose your clients

  • 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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Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check

Description

Looking for daytime home care work in Port Talbot that fits your life? PrimeCarers connects self-employed carers with families needing hourly visits for personal care, meals, medication prompts and errands. You’ll be doing hands-on, respectful support in people’s own homes across Port Talbot and the surrounding areas. There is 1 family currently looking for care in the wider area.

This work suits experienced carers who want to move away from agency-driven rotas and take back control. As a self-employed carer on PrimeCarers you set your own rate, choose your clients, pick the hours you accept and define your service area within Port Talbot and Neath Port Talbot. Typical rates on the platform sit around £18.80–£21.50 per hour but you decide what to charge. You’ll meet neighbours, help people stay independent and work regular daytime visits rather than long shifts if that’s what you prefer.

What the role involves:

  • Short daytime visits for personal care: washing, dressing and toileting assistance
  • Meal preparation, prompting and assistance with eating
  • Medication prompting and simple administration tasks per client care plans
  • Errands and light domestic support to help clients remain independent at home

PrimeCarers handles the practical side so you can focus on care. We find clients, arrange contracts, manage invoicing and payments, and provide insurance cover while you’re working through the platform. You remain self-employed and in control of how many hours you do; many carers cover Port Talbot and nearby places such as Neath, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Lliw Valey, Gorseinon and Garnant.

Requirements to join are straightforward and aimed at experienced carers: 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. You must be comfortable working as self-employed and able to manage your own diary and travel between visits.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once you’re active you can start choosing daytime hourly visits across Port Talbot and surrounding communities. If you’re ready to move away from agency shifts and build a more flexible, focused home-care practice in Port Talbot, sign up and start accepting bookings that fit your life.

What carers earn around Port Talbot

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 13 carers in the area

£18.80–£21.50 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 12 carers in the area

£16.89–£20 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 1477 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Port Talbot

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 13 carers within 30km of Port Talbot 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 Port Talbot is open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Port Talbot.

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers in Port Talbot

You set your rates

Be self-employed and set fees that reflect your experience. Many carers on the platform choose £18.80–£21.50 per hour.

Pick your hours

Accept daytime visits that suit your life—short calls, regular shifts or a few hours a week.

Meaningful home care

Focus on hands-on, person-centred support: personal care, meals, medication prompts and errands.

Practical support included

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

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes. Add your experience, references and right-to-work details.

  2. 2

    Verify and go live

    We check references and DBS; profiles typically go live within days so you can start accepting bookings.

  3. 3

    Choose work that fits

    Pick clients, set your hours and manage bookings through the platform while we handle the admin.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed, which means you set your own rates, choose clients and manage your diary. The platform introduces you to families and handles contracts and payments.

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

Yes. PrimeCarers manages contracts, invoicing and payments on your behalf, and provides insurance cover while you’re working through the platform.

Applying takes minutes and, after verification, profiles typically go live within days. Once live you can start accepting hourly daytime visits across Port Talbot and nearby towns.

Yes. You choose your service area and can accept clients across Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot and nearby places such as Neath, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Lliw Valey, Gorseinon and Garnant.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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