Live-in carer jobs across the UK

What you need to start

• The right to work in the UK

  You need the right to work in the UK. British and Irish carers show a valid British or Irish passport, checked digitally; everyone else uses a share code from GOV.UK. On a Health and Care Worker visa, GOV.UK said on 22 September 2026 that you can work up to 20 hours a week in another job or your own business while still doing your sponsored job, and that care work counts only if your first certificate of sponsorship was before 22 July 2025 and you have held the visa continuously since. Check your own conditions before you register.

  Care worker visas and self-employment

• An enhanced DBS check

  You apply for your own enhanced DBS through an umbrella body. We check it when you register: it must have been issued within the last 18 months, and it has to be renewed every 18 months.

  Enhanced DBS and the Update Service

• An identity check

  You prove who you are online with a photo ID document when you register.

• A short recorded video interview

  You answer a few questions on video, online, whenever suits you. It is how we check that you are caring. It is not a test of technical knowledge.

PrimeCarers does not verify qualifications, training or references. Put your qualifications on your profile and invite past employers or families to leave a reference there: families read profiles before they book, and they will ask about your experience.