Your work. Your rate. Your name on it.
Care World is for independent, self-employed carers who want to work for themselves. Build a profile in your own words, set your own rate and availability, and talk to families directly. Carers keep 90% of what they charge — Care World's platform fee is 10%. Set £20 an hour and you receive £18. No fee is charged yet — carer charging is not switched on.
Independent, with backup.
Your profile
Tell your story your way — experience, specialisms, availability, and the kind of work you want. Free, always, and you appear in family searches from day one.
Your rate
You decide what your time is worth. Families see your rate up front and agree it with you directly.
Background checks
Complete a background check through our checking partner and your profile shows “Checked by partner” — a fact families can see at a glance.
Self-employment, explained
Plain-English guidance on registering as self-employed, invoicing, and keeping records — with links to official gov.uk sources.
As a self-employed carer you'll need your own public liability insurance — families will expect it, and it protects you. Any policy you choose is arranged by you, directly. Care World names no insurer, has no commercial relationship with any insurer, and receives nothing from your choice.
Performance stats that tell your story.
Care World generates performance statistics for every carer profile — response rate, response time, visits completed, repeat families. They’re shown on every profile, free, because families deserve an honest picture.
Always on, for everyone
Performance stats are platform-generated and appear on every profile. They never affect search order — Care World does not rank carers.
Free business tools
Invoices, expenses, mileage and a tax-year export — everything a self-employed carer needs to keep their own books, free. Carers keep 90% of what they charge — Care World's platform fee is 10%. Set £20 an hour and you receive £18. No fee is charged yet — carer charging is not switched on.
Never hides trust
“Checked by partner” and identity-check status are always visible to families, free — nothing hides them, and no fee ever affects what a family sees.
Courses on your profile, where families look.
Complete a course in the Library and the certificate of completion appears on your Care World profile automatically. These are on the Library now:
Independent Carer Launchpad
The free starting point for independent carers — get set up and learn the basics of working through Care World. A certificate of completion when you finish.
Safeguarding Adults: Basics
An introduction to keeping adults at risk safe — the types of abuse, spotting concerns, and how to raise them. Based on the Care Act 2014. Completion of learning, not statutory safeguarding training.
Infection Control Basics
The everyday essentials of stopping infection spreading — hand hygiene, cleaning and safe routines. Grounded in NHS and UKHSA guidance.
Work that's yours, from day one.
Your profile, appearing in search, applications, messaging and the business tools cost nothing. Carers keep 90% of what they charge — Care World's platform fee is 10%. Set £20 an hour and you receive £18. No fee is charged yet — carer charging is not switched on.