899 private carer jobs open now
Private carer jobs across the UK
Self-employed care work with families who book you through PrimeCarers. You set your rate and pick the jobs you apply for, and nobody puts you on a rota.
- 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
Registering takes a few minutes · How soon you start depends mostly on your DBS check
Private carer jobs open now
Every job on PrimeCarers is private work for a family: hourly visits, live-in placements and nights. These are the newest.
Hourly care visits — Manchester (emergency, regular)
Hourly care visit - Mansfield (2hr emergency, 17 Oct 2026)
Hourly companion visits — Christchurch (male)
Travel-home companion, Wed 20 Jan, London
Hourly care visits — Helensburgh
Hourly care visits, Kettering (emergency)
Live-in care, 3 to 10 Sep, Kingston upon Thames
Hourly care visits (2-hr) — Lincoln (male client)
Hourly carer — Watford (female client, dementia)
Hourly Care Visits in London for Adult Male Client
Hourly Dementia Care Visits for Elderly Gentleman in London
Live-in carer - Post-op hip care, Langport
What a private carer job is
A private carer works for a family directly rather than for a care agency. On PrimeCarers that means you are self-employed: you are not our employee, you choose which jobs to apply for, and the family chooses who they book.
The work is the same care you would do anywhere, from a couple of hours of company and help around the house to personal care, overnight care and live-in placements. What changes is who decides. You set your rate, you agree the hours with the family, and you can turn down work that does not suit you.
Being self-employed means you register with HMRC and pay your own Income Tax and National Insurance. Nothing is deducted for you.
What it pays
A carer who advertises £19.47 an hour is charged at £19.47 an hour and receives £15.58 of it. Our 20% commission comes out of your rate; it is never added on top.
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
Live-in care
£1,050 to £1,400 a week for the family. 12.5% commission
Your rate: £150 to £200 a day
You receive: £131.25 to £175 a day
Waking nights
You stay awake through the night. 15% commission
Your rate: £165 a night
You receive: £140.25 a night
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.
A week
£389
25 hours a week, before tax
A month
£1,687
The same week across a calendar month, before tax
Charged for your time
£19.47 an hour x 25
£486.75
£2,109.25
PrimeCarers commission
20%, VAT included
- £97.35
- £421.85
You receive
£15.58 an hour
£389.40
£1,687.40
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.
Register as a carer to set your own rate and apply for work near you.
Register as a carerWhat 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-employmentAn 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 2 years, and it has to be renewed every 2 years.
Enhanced DBS and the Update ServiceAn 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.
Questions carers ask
Care work for a family directly, rather than for a care agency that employs you and sets your rota. On PrimeCarers you are self-employed, you set your own rate, and you apply only for the jobs you want.
Yes. Every carer on PrimeCarers is self-employed, so you register with HMRC and pay your own Income Tax and National Insurance through Self Assessment. How to pay tax as a self-employed carer walks through it.
We do not employ you and we do not give you a rota. Families post the care they need, you apply for the jobs that suit you, and the family chooses who they book. We handle the contract, invoicing and payments, and take a commission out of your rate for it.
You set your own rate. Carers on PrimeCarers charge £18 to £25 an hour for visits. At £19.47 an hour you receive £15.58, because our 20% commission comes out of the rate. Visits of six hours or more carry a 15% commission and live-in placements 12.5%.
Yes. Search every open job by postcode, or open the care jobs page for your town. Once you are registered, we also invite you to new jobs near you as families post them.
Yes. You apply for an enhanced DBS check through an umbrella body, and we check it when you register: it must have been issued within the last 2 years, and it has to be renewed every 2 years. Enhanced DBS and the Update Service explains what it shows.
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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.