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Part-time carer jobs across the UK

Hourly care work that fits around the rest of your life. You choose which jobs to apply for, so you choose how many hours you work.

You set your own rate and choose the jobs you apply for
Self-employed work, directly with families
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

Part-time jobs open now

Hourly jobs where the family needs under 30 hours a week, newest first.

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How part-time care work works

On PrimeCarers you are not tied to a set number of hours. You apply for the jobs that fit your week, and each job says roughly how many hours a week the family needs. Once you agree visits, the contract between you and the family sets the notice either side gives.

That makes it easy to fit care around a school run, studying or another job. Some carers take one regular client for a few mornings a week; others build up several.

Whatever you choose, be reliable about it. A family plans their week around your visits, and reliability is what gets you booked again.

What it pays

A carer who advertises £20 an hour is charged at £20 an hour and receives £16 of it. Our 20% commission comes out of your rate; it is never added on top.

WorkYour rateYou receive

Hourly visits

Visits under six hours. 20% commission

Your rate: £18 to £25 an hour

You receive: £14.40 to £20 an hour

Longer shifts

Visits of six hours or more. 15% commission

Your rate: about £18 an hour

You receive: £15.30 an hour

Companionship visits

Visits under six hours. 20% commission

Your rate: £15 to £20 an hour

You receive: £12 to £16 an hour

Rates are the published PrimeCarers bands. You set your own rate; these are what carers on the platform charge. Figures are before Income Tax and National Insurance, which you pay yourself as a self-employed carer.

What you would take home near you

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.

Hours a week

Your rate, an hour

Carers on PrimeCarers charge £18 to £25 an hour.

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 the published PrimeCarers bands, because this page is not tied to one town.

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.

How to start

1
Register and set your rate
Tell us about yourself, the work you want and the rate you want to charge. It takes a few minutes.
2
Complete your checks
Your enhanced DBS check, an identity check, a right to work check and a short recorded video interview.
3
Apply for jobs you want
Families choose who they book. The contract, invoicing and payments go through PrimeCarers.

Start your application

Questions carers ask

Yes. You choose which jobs to apply for, and each job says roughly how many hours a week the family needs, so you can take on as much or as little as suits you.

Yes, as long as you can keep to the visits you agree. Carers on PrimeCarers are self-employed, so the hours are the ones you agree with each family. If you are employed elsewhere too, you pay tax on both through Self Assessment.

You set your own rate. Carers on PrimeCarers charge £18 to £25 an hour, and at £20 an hour you receive £16. Use the calculator on this page to see a week of your own hours.

Search hourly jobs by postcode, or open the care jobs page for your town. Once registered, we invite you to new jobs near you as families post them.

Guides for carers

Other kinds of care work

Care jobs in your town

Ready to start earning on your own terms?

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

Apply now, it takes minutes

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