Hourly Care Assistant Jobs in Portland

PrimeCarers connects self-employed hourly care assistants with families across Portland who need daytime visits for personal care, meals, medication prompts and errands. These are ongoing, local opportunities to work with people in their own homes while keeping control over your diary and who you support. There is 1 family currently looking for care in the wider area.

As an Hourly Care Assistant on PrimeCarers you'll make short daytime visits — helping with personal care, preparing meals, prompting or helping with medication, light domestic tasks and shopping or collecting prescriptions. Work tends to be within the Portland community and nearby areas, so you can spend more time caring and less time travelling around Dorset. Families we match you with come from Portland and surrounding places such as Weymouth, Chickerell, Dorchester, Wareham, Bridport and Swanage.

This role suits experienced carers who want freedom from agency rotas and the paperwork that comes with employed roles. You must have at least one year of professional care experience, the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. An Enhanced DBS check is required; PrimeCarers can help arrange this if you need one. You choose your clients, hours and service area, and you set your own rate — typical rates sit around £15–£25 per hour for hourly care.

PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments, and we include insurance while you are working on assignments arranged through the platform. That means you keep the autonomy of self-employment without carrying all the back-office burden. You select which enquiries to accept, keep your diary under your control and can build trusting, ongoing relationships with people in Portland and the wider Dorset patch.

Applying takes minutes. Create your profile, provide references and required checks, and once verified your profile will usually go live within days — so you can start seeing matches quickly. This page advertises ongoing self-employed opportunities across Portland rather than one specific role; it’s designed for carers ready to move away from fixed agency rostering toward flexible, client-led work.

If you want more control over the hours you work, to set rates that reflect your experience and to care locally for people in Portland and neighbouring towns, PrimeCarers makes it straightforward to get started. Click to apply and begin building a profile that shows the skills families need.