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Live-in Care Assistant Jobs in Potters Bar
Self-employed live-in roles — set your rates (typical range: £145–£160 per day), choose clients and work on your terms.
- Set your own rates, with no agency cut
- Choose your clients and your hours
- Contracts, invoicing and payments handled for you
Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check
Description
Looking for reliable, long-term live-in care work around Potters Bar? PrimeCarers connects experienced, self-employed carers with families who need someone to live with a client and support daily routines, personal care and companionship around the clock with agreed breaks. Live-in placements often suit carers who prefer continuity of care, are comfortable working within a household and can travel for placements across the country.
Right now, 109 live-in placements are currently open across the wider region.
Live-in care with PrimeCarers means you live in the client’s home, support meals, medication prompts, personal care, mobility assistance and social engagement, and agree regular rest breaks with the family. Carers travel from across the UK for live-in placements and find the role especially rewarding if you like building relationships and seeing real progress over weeks and months.
Pay and flexibility are in your hands. As a self-employed carer on PrimeCarers you set your own rates and choose the hours and service area you’ll accept. Typical ranges for this work are £145–£160 per day. You’ll see both hourly and live-in day listings, so you can compare £18.80–£20 per hour and £145–£160 per day when deciding what suits you best.
This route suits carers who have at least one year of professional care experience and who want more control than agency life often allows. To join you’ll need an Enhanced DBS (PrimeCarers can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references. We handle the paperwork that often slows carers down: PrimeCarers finds clients, manages contracts, invoicing and payments, and includes insurance while you work.
Many carers who move to PrimeCarers do so to escape rigid rotas, gain clearer pay, and work with families they choose. You’ll still get the peace of mind that comes from a platform that supports you: secure payments, contract templates and client introductions, while you remain self-employed and in charge of your diary.
Potters Bar sits close to communities such as Hadley Wood, Monken Hadley, High Barnet, Crews Hill, New Barnet and Cockfosters and covers the wider Hertfordshire area, so there are regular opportunities for carers willing to travel or commute to nearby towns. Applying takes minutes: create a profile, submit your documents and references, and profiles typically go live within days of verification.
If you’re ready to keep caring on your terms and are looking for live-in roles in Potters Bar and Hertfordshire, join PrimeCarers today and explore the live-in options that suit your life and skills.
What carers earn around Potters Bar
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 943 carers in the area
£18.80–£20 per hour
Overnight care
Based on 815 carers in the area
£17–£19 per hour
Live-in care
Based on 2318 carers in the area
£145–£160 per day
What you would take home in Potters Bar
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
£956
7 days a week, before tax
A month
£4,141
The same week across a calendar month, before tax
Charged for your time
£156 a day x 7
£1,092
£4,732
PrimeCarers commission
12.5%, VAT included
- £136.50
- £591.50
You receive
£136.50 a day
£955.50
£4,140.50
Live-in placements are priced by the day and carry the lowest 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 2318 carers within 250km of Potters Bar on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 109 live-in placements within 250km of Potters Bar are open at the moment.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Potters Bar.
Register as a carerWhy carers choose PrimeCarers
Set your own rates
You remain self-employed and decide what to charge, with typical live-in ranges shown on the platform (£145–£160 per day).
Control your hours
Choose the clients, live-in lengths and breaks that fit your lifestyle — more predictability than agency rotas.
Meaningful relationships
Work closely with one client or family and build long-term continuity of care and companionship.
Support & protection
PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you’re working.
How it works
- 1
Create your profile
Apply in minutes: add your experience, upload DBS and references and describe the live-in work you’ll accept.
- 2
Verification & go live
PrimeCarers checks your documents. Profiles typically go live within days once verification is complete.
- 3
Choose clients & book
We introduce suitable families. You choose clients, agree terms and manage your diary as a self-employed carer.
Frequently asked questions
No. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed. You remain responsible for your tax and national insurance and you set your own rates and hours.
You need at least one year of professional care experience, an Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange one), the right to work in the UK and verifiable references.
PrimeCarers handles invoicing and payments between families and carers. We also provide insurance cover while you’re working on placements introduced by the platform.
No. Many live-in carers travel from across the country for placements. Potters Bar and nearby towns are well served, and you can accept only the locations that suit you.
Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days after verification. How quickly you get introductions depends on availability and the care needs in the area.
Guides for carers
What the work pays, the checks and paperwork you need, and how to get started.
Ready to start earning on your own terms?
Join the carers already working with families around Potters Bar through PrimeCarers. Set your rate, choose your clients, and let us handle the admin.
