Care World helps families and independent, self-employed carers find each other. You browse real profiles, talk directly, and agree the care together — no agency in the middle, and carers keep 90% of what they charge.
Both routes have their place. Here is how they differ, plainly.
Care World
Traditional agency
The rate
Set by the carer; agreed directly between you. Carers keep 90%.
Set by the agency, which takes a margin between what you pay and what the carer receives.
Choosing a carer
You browse, talk to carers directly, and choose for yourself.
The agency typically selects and assigns a carer for you.
Arranging care
You and the carer agree the schedule and the arrangement directly.
The agency schedules and manages the arrangement.
Employment
Carers are independent and self-employed, working for themselves.
Carers are usually employed or engaged by the agency.
Regulation
Care World is an introductory platform connecting independent carers and clients — it does not provide or manage care. It is not a CQC-registered provider.
Agencies providing regulated activities in England are registered with and inspected by the CQC.
Care in the UK today
Why this matters.
~5 million
people in England and Wales provide unpaid care.
Source: ONS, Census 2021
131,000
adult social care posts in England were vacant on an average day in 2023/24.
Source: Skills for Care, The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2024
Chronicus
Care World’s in-product assistant can help you draft a posting or tidy your carer profile. It never chooses, ranks, or recommends carers — those decisions are always yours.
Find the right person, on your terms.
Browsing carer profiles is free. Contacting a carer uses a contact pass — a one-off payment, never a subscription. Nothing is charged yet — contact passes are not switched on. Carers keep 90% of what they charge — Care World's platform fee is 10%.
