Self‑employed overnight care

Overnight Carer Jobs in South Harrow

Set your own rates — typical roles fall in the range £17–£19.80 per hour

  • 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

Overnight care in South Harrow means supporting people in their own homes through waking or sleeping nights so families can rest. You’ll be working as a self-employed carer, providing companionship, personal care, repositioning, medication prompts and reassurances during night hours — whatever a family needs for a safer, calmer night. Right now, 209 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

These roles suit experienced carers who want the control to choose shifts and clients rather than agency rotas. If you’ve worked nights before and prefer quieter, more settled work, overnight care around South Harrow can be rewarding and predictable. Many carers move to self-employed nights to keep continuity with people they support and to build stronger relationships through consistent overnight cover.

Pay and flexibility are in your hands: carers on PrimeCarers set their own rates and choose their clients, hours and service area. Typical pay falls in the range £17–£19.80 per hour, with common hourly and live-in patterns often advertised around £18.80–£20.39 per hour and £145–£160 per day respectively. You decide what you charge and which nights you accept.

What PrimeCarers does for you: we find clients in and near South Harrow, manage contracts, handle invoicing and payments, and provide insurance while you work. We can also help arrange an Enhanced DBS if you need one. You keep the control of self-employed work without the admin burden.

Who we’re looking for:

  • At least 1 year of professional care experience, ideally with night shifts.
  • An Enhanced DBS check (we can help arrange this) and verifiable references.
  • The right to work in the UK and the professionalism to work independently.

Applying takes minutes and your profile typically goes live within days of verification, so you can start hearing about local matches quickly. You’ll find opportunities across South Harrow and nearby areas including West Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Rayners Lane, North Harrow, Eastcote and Northolt — handy if you prefer shorter travel or specific neighbourhoods.

If you’re ready to move away from agency night rotas and want to set your own terms while still having a team to handle contracts and payments, PrimeCarers is built for overnight carers like you. Create a profile, confirm your checks and start choosing the nights that suit you in South Harrow and the wider Harrow area.

What carers earn around South Harrow

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 1056 carers in the area

£18.80–£20.39 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 907 carers in the area

£17–£19.80 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2263 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in South Harrow

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

£61

4 nights a week, before tax

A month

£265

The same week across a calendar month, before tax

The arithmeticA weekA month

Charged for your time

£18 a night x 4

£72

£312

PrimeCarers commission

15%, VAT included

- £10.80

- £46.80

You receive

£15.30 a night

£61.20

£265.20

A waking night runs past six hours, so it is charged at the shift 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 907 carers within 30km of South Harrow on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 209 hourly and night placements within 30km of South Harrow are open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around South Harrow.

Register as a carer

Why night carers join PrimeCarers

Set your rates

You choose what to charge, when to work and which clients to accept.

Flexible hours

Pick waking or sleeping nights and build a schedule that suits your life.

Meaningful continuity

Work consistently with the same people and provide calmer nights for families.

Admin and protection covered

We handle contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes, add your experience and references, and request an Enhanced DBS if needed.

  2. 2

    Get matched & agree terms

    We introduce you to families in South Harrow and nearby areas. You choose the nights and set your rate.

  3. 3

    Start nights & get paid

    Accept bookings, provide care, and we take care of contracts, invoicing and payments — insurance included while you work.

Frequently asked questions

Overnight carers support people through night hours with tasks such as checking wellbeing, helping with toileting, repositioning, administering prompts for medication, and providing reassurance. You may work waking nights (active support) or sleeping nights (on-call cover) depending on the client's needs.

Yes — an Enhanced DBS check is required. If you don’t have one, PrimeCarers can help you arrange it as part of the onboarding process.

Carers set their own rates. PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing and payments so you receive agreed fees for the shifts you accept. You remain self-employed and decide which nights to work.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once live you’ll start receiving match opportunities in South Harrow and nearby neighbourhoods.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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