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Homecare Worker rates.

AckwelFoley · 2011-02-07 20:23:34

A friend is a qualified homecare assistant, she minds elderly in their home, some calls are for an hour at a time and some on a rare occasion is overnight. She was asked by a client to do 5 night per week from 10pm to 8am and the rate offered is 35 euro per night? Is this much below normal expected rates?

07-02-2011 8:23pm

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AckwelFoley

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A friend is a qualified homecare assistant, she minds elderly in their home, some calls are for an hour at a time and some on a rare occasion is overnight.

She was asked by a client to do 5 night per week from 10pm to 8am and the rate offered is 35 euro per night? Is this much below normal expected rates?

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#2 07-02-2011 9:48pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055236835

this link was put up a while back it might give you some idea, As far as i no the rate would be from €9.50 up to €12 per hour. So im sure overnight may be a bit more.

I think the €35 that your mate has been offered is very low!!

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#3 09-02-2011 3:37pm

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10 hours working/on-call for €35. That's ridiculous.

I don't know myself how much she should be charging but a hell of a lot more than that!

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#4 10-02-2011 11:39pm

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It woul depend on whether your friend was just there as a precaution and going to sleep whilst there, or is she would be available all night to tend to her client?

Also privately paid hours do tend to be quite a bit less than employer paid hours.

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