For experienced private carers

Overnight Carer Jobs in West Hampstead

Self-employed overnight shifts — set your own rate from £17–£19.50 per hour and choose the nights you work

  • 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 West Hampstead means giving families the chance to sleep while you provide waking or sleeping-night support in a client’s own home. You might be helping with personal care, reassurance, repositioning, medication prompts or observation through the night. Right now, 234 families are currently looking for care in the wider area.

This work suits experienced carers who want more control than agency rosters allow. On PrimeCarers you’re self-employed: you set your own rates and choose the clients and hours that work for you. Typical pay sits around £17–£19.50 per hour depending on experience and duties. You decide which nights to take and how far you’ll travel across West Hampstead and the surrounding area, including Brondesbury, Kilburn, Frognal, Childs Hill, Hampstead and Hamstead.

To join you’ll need 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. PrimeCarers supports self-employed carers, so you must be registered to trade as a self-employed worker and comfortable managing your own tax and National Insurance arrangements.

PrimeCarers finds clients for you and handles contracts, invoicing and payments, with insurance included while you work. That means less time chasing paperwork and more time on the job. Many carers who move from agency work tell us they value the flexibility to pick the shifts they want in West Hampstead and neighbouring Camden areas.

Applying takes minutes: create your profile, upload basic checks and references and we’ll verify you. Profiles typically go live within days of verification and ongoing self-employed opportunities appear on your dashboard — this page advertises ongoing roles across the West Hampstead area rather than one specific position. If you’re ready for more control of your nights and a clearer relationship with the families you support, creating a profile is the quickest way to get started.

What carers earn around West Hampstead

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 1312 carers in the area

£18.80–£20.10 per hour

Overnight care

Based on 1121 carers in the area

£17–£19.50 per hour

Live-in care

Based on 2163 carers in the area

£145–£160 per day

What you would take home in West Hampstead

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 1121 carers within 30km of West Hampstead on PrimeCarers charge for this kind of work, taken from the platform when this page was last built. 234 hourly and night placements within 30km of West Hampstead are open at the moment.

Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work around West Hampstead.

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Why carers choose PrimeCarers

Set your own rates

You’re self-employed and choose what to charge. Take the shifts that suit your rate and lifestyle.

Flexible hours

Pick waking or sleeping nights and decide how many shifts you accept each week.

Meaningful, direct work

Build ongoing relationships with families and deliver person-centred overnight care.

Admin and insurance covered

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

How it works

  1. 1

    Create your profile

    Sign up, add your experience and upload checks and references.

  2. 2

    Get verified

    We confirm DBS and references. Apply takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days.

  3. 3

    Choose nights and clients

    Review family requests, agree terms directly and start taking overnight shifts that suit you.

Frequently asked questions

Overnight care covers waking nights (active care through the night) and sleeping nights (being on-site and available). Tasks depend on the client but commonly include personal care, medication prompts, repositioning and reassurance.

Carers on PrimeCarers work as self-employed contractors. You set your rates, choose clients and manage your working pattern. You are responsible for your own tax and National Insurance.

Yes. You need an Enhanced DBS check and verifiable references. PrimeCarers can help arrange a DBS if you need one.

PrimeCarers manages contracts, invoicing and payments so you get paid without chasing clients. Insurance is included while you’re working through the platform.

Applying takes minutes and profiles typically go live within days of verification. Once live you can review client requests across West Hampstead and nearby areas and accept work that fits your availability.

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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