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Homecare Worker rates.

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  • 07-02-2011 9:23pm
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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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    squeky
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭squeky


    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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    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    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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    Mrs A
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭Mrs A


    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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