Are Self-Employed Carers Truly Unregulated? Although many self-employed carers see themselves as unregulated, as they are not officially answerable under the remit of The Care Quality Commission (CQC), this is not actually the case. There are many steps in place to ensure the safety of both self-employed carers and their clients. In this blog we […]
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 […]
Why is a care plan important? As a self-employed carer, creating a care plan for your client will ensure consistency of care and highlight any areas of special concern. Your care plan should include input from your client – and their family, where relevant – and stored safely, so as it can be referred to […]
PocketCarer Family Guide on Navigating the World of Self-Employed Carers Download the PocketCarer Family Guide on Navigating the World of Self-Employed Carers, for concise and comprehensive advice on employing a private carer. Arranging a self-employed carer for your loved one is often a task filled with questions and uncertainty for families who have never had […]
How do I comply with GDPR as a self-employed carer? General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force on 25th May 2018. Every organisation or sole trader that holds and processes personal information is affected. That includes self-employed carers. What is classed as ‘personal data’? Personal data is classed as any information that can identify […]
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 […]
We’re very grateful to Lucy Buxton, a care professional with 32 years of experience working in social care and the NHS, for this insightful and honest guest blog post. Lucy Buxton – Self employment in care Lucy started her career as a care assistant before training as a nurse. In more recent years she has expanded her […]
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 […]
Care professionals provide a vital role to thousands of people and their families across the UK. Providing a highly demanding and skilled service, working long and often unsociable hours, with a level of emotional investment matched by few other professions, there is no doubt that the care sector and those who work in it, play […]
As a self-employed carer, you are allowed to claim back certain business expenses when it comes to filing your self-assessment tax returns. It’s sometimes confusing to work out what is a deductible expense and what isn’t. In this article, we will highlight 8 deductible business expenses for self-employed healthcare workers to help you when it […]
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