The PocketCarer Guide to Creating Risk Assessments as a Self-Employed Carer

Free risk assessment Zoom workshop with PocketCarer PocketCarer is holding free Zoom workshops on how to understand what is required to create positive risk assessments for your clients.  As a self-employed carer, carrying out a risk assessment for all your clients is a top priority.  Regular risk assessments will allow you to identify potential hazards […]

What records should self-employed carers be keeping?

What records should self-employed carers be keeping? As a self-employed carer, it is essential that the records you keep for your clients are in order, in a safe place, and contain all relevant information.  This is important so that information is easily accessible should you be sharing the care of your client, or, handing over […]

A little bit about me…

Hi, I’m Emma Harding, and I thought it would be good to introduce myself and let you know a little bit more about and what led me to start up PocketCarer.  I’ve always been passionate about my work in the healthcare sector, and it’s that passion that essentially led me to where I am now […]

How will the intended IR35 repeal affect self-employed carers?

In the Mini-Budget of September 2022, the UK government announced fundamental changes to IR35, starting April 2023, which will repeal the previous IR35 reforms of 2017 and 2021. HMRC’s off-payroll working rules determine whether a contractor or freelancer operating through their limited company is ‘genuinely’ self-employed for tax-paying purposes. Historically, the self-employed worked out their […]