Respite care • Self‑employed roles

Weekend Carer Jobs in Walton on Thames

Short-term weekend cover — choose hours, clients and set rates from £18.80–£21.30 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

Looking for weekend or short-term respite work in Walton on Thames? PrimeCarers connects experienced self-employed carers with families who need cover for a few hours, overnight or for a couple of days — giving family carers a much‑needed break. Right now, 191 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

This work is practical, varied and very family-focused. Typical tasks include personal care, companionship, medication prompting, light meal preparation and sitting services during short stays. Shifts are often weekend or short-block bookings, ideal if you want predictable blocks of time without long-term commitments. You can expect to set your own hours, choose the jobs you accept and set your own rates — many carers use £18.80–£21.30 per hour as a guide for this kind of respite work.

PrimeCarers makes the admin straightforward: we find clients for you, organise contracts, handle invoicing and payments, and include insurance for the time you are working through the platform. You remain self-employed, choose your own clients, hours and service area, and can cover families across Walton on Thames and nearby towns such as Weybridge, Esher, Hampton, Hanworth, Brooklands, and Feltham in Surrey.

This opportunity suits experienced carers who want more control than agency work offers. If you have at least one year of professional care experience, the right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange one) and verifiable references, you can apply. We check references and ID to protect families and carers alike.

  • Experience: Minimum 1 year of professional care work.
  • Checks: Enhanced DBS required (assistance available).
  • Eligibility: Right to work in the UK and two verifiable references.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once live, you can browse respite requests, send messages to families and accept bookings that fit your schedule. You decide how far you’ll travel, what hours you’ll take and how often you want weekend work in Walton on Thames.

If you’re ready to move away from fixed rota agency shifts and take more control over your working life, PrimeCarers offers simple, local respite work with the support you need. Create your profile today and start seeing suitable short-term bookings near Walton on Thames.

What carers earn around Walton on Thames

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 852 carers in the area

£18.80–£21.30 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 699 carers in the area

£17–£20 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2169 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in Walton on Thames

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 852 carers within 30km of Walton on Thames on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 191 hourly and night placements within 30km of Walton on Thames are open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around Walton on Thames.

Register as a carer

Why join PrimeCarers for weekend respite work

You set your rates

Carers are self-employed and decide their own charges; many use £18.80–£21.30 per hour as a guide.

Flexible hours

Pick the weekend or short‑term shifts that fit your life — a few hours or a couple of days.

Meaningful respite

Support families and give carers the break they need with compassionate, practical care.

Admin and insurance handled

PrimeCarers manages contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance for the time you work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Apply online in minutes and tell us about your experience and availability.

  2. 2

    Verify and go live

    We check your references and DBS; profiles usually go live within days.

  3. 3

    Choose bookings

    Browse local respite requests, message families and accept the short-term weekend work you want.

Questions carers often ask

No — carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed. You set your rates, choose clients and manage your own tax and National Insurance arrangements.

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

Yes. PrimeCarers handles contracts, invoicing and payments and includes insurance cover while you are working through the platform.

Applying takes minutes. After verification, profiles typically go live within days and you can start accepting bookings in Walton on Thames and nearby areas.

Very flexible. You decide which shifts to accept, the hours you work and the area you cover, making it ideal for carers wanting control over weekend or short-term respite work.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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