At Snap Care, we recruit skilled professionals who offer more than basic care - supporting children, young people and adults with their therapy and rehabilitation goals, education, independence, and quality of life.
We monitor market rates to ensure clients attract and retain high-calibre candidates.
Additional Notes:
• Night Rate: 10:00 pm to 6:00 am
• Weekend Rate: 10:00 pm Friday to 6:00 am Monday
• Weekends typically attract an additional £2.00 gross per hour
• Split shifts: Wrap-around support, before and/or after school roles. Etc., attract an additional £1.00 to £2.00 gross per hour
• Where more than one child is being looked after in nanny roles, attract + £1.00 to £2.00 gross per hour.
• Short shifts of 3-4 hours, attract + £1.00 to £2.00 gross per hour.
• Live-in roles providing full-time accommodation deduct £2.00 gross per hour
• For roles that do not require experience and provide training/supervision, deduct £2.00 - £3.00
• All hourly rates are quoted gross and do not include Employer's NIC, or Pension Contributions
• Employment is on a PAYE basis, not self-employed
These are recommended starting rates. Exceptional experience or highly complex roles may require higher salaries.
Night Carers
Sleeping Night Carer: A Sleeping Night Carer should expect to be able to sleep unless there's an emergency.
Reverts to On-Call or Waking Night Rate as appropriate if support is required.
Rates: £110.00 to £140.00 per night, all regions
On-Call/Sleep-In Night Carer: An On-call Night Carer is likely to attend to the client up to 3 times a night, for periods of 30 minutes or less. Changes to a Waking Night rate if exceeded.
Rates: London: £15.50 | Home Counties/Southeast: £15.00 | All Other Regions: £14.50
Waking Night Carer: Awake all night attending to the client, consistent monitoring, vital sign observations
Rates: London: £20.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £19.50 | All Other Regions: £19.00
Waking Night Carer, Complex Care: Awake all night attending to the client, consistent monitoring, vital sign observations. Spinal injury, ventilator care, tracheostomy care, suctioning etc.
Rates: London: £21.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £20.50 | All Other Regions: £20.00
Professional Support Workers
Professional Support Worker Including Personal Assistants, Healthcare Assistants, Buddy/Mentor
Rates: London Weekday: £18.80 | Home Counties/Southeast: £18.30 | All Other Regions: £17.80
Complex Professional Support Worker Including Personal Assistants (PA), Healthcare Assistants, Buddy/Mentor. PEG, suctioning, oxygen administration, epilepsy/seizure management, complex behavioural/SEMH needs etc.
Rates: London Weekday: £19.80 | Home Counties/Southeast: £19.30| All Other Regions: £18.80
Enhanced rates may apply for highly complex clinical packages involving additional competencies or significant responsibility.
Team Leaders
Care Team Leader Manages a home care team. Client support and rota management, supervision, medication stock, equipment management, care plan management etc.
Rates: London Weekday: £23.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £22.50 | All Other Regions: £22.00
Assistant/Deputy Team Leader Assisting/covering the Care Team Leader, as above
Rates: London Weekday: £20.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £19.50 | All Other Regions: £19.00
Nannies, Mannies
SEN/D Nanny/Manny. Supports a child with a disability or additional needs. Looks after siblings too, as appropriate to the needs of the main child.
Rates: London: £20.00| Home Counties/Southeast: £19.50 | All Other Regions: £19.00
SEN/D Nanny/Manny Complex Care. PEG, suctioning, oxygen administration, epilepsy/seizure management, complex behavioural/SEMH needs, etc. Looks after siblings too, as appropriate to the needs of the main child. looks,
Rates: London: £22.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £21.50 | All Other Regions: £21.00
Rota Nanny/Manny. (e.g. 7 days on/off, or 14 days on/off) Is effectively on-call for the duration. Requires a minimum of 2 hours free per 24 hours.
Rates: All regions: £75k – £95k+ annual salary
Educational Support
Governess/Governor Educational focus in addition to nannying tasks
Rates: London: £25.00 | Home Counties/Southeast: £24.50 | All Other Regions: £24.00
Tutors 1:1 Educational tutoring. Typically, short shifts 2-3 hours.
Rates: London: £35.00+ | Home Counties/Southeast: £30.00+ | All Other Regions: £25.00+
Teaching Assistants (TA)
Rates: London: £18.50| Home Counties/Southeast: £18.00 | All Other Regions: £17.50
International Placements
Please speak with a recruiter as salaries vary for each country and role.
If you have any questions regarding rates, please feel free to contact us; we will be happy to help: info@snapcare.co.uk or 020 7729 2200.
We are open Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 5.30pm, and Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm.
Additional Useful Links:
National Minimum Wage
Defining Night Roles
Net/Gross Calculator
Self-Employed Eligibility
Employment Allowance
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