Caregiver Jobs in Buellton, CA
Buellton, a small city in Santa Barbara County, had 5,353 residents at the start of 2026 in California Department of Finance figures, 5.4% more than a year earlier. Requests that Buellton families post under ZIP 93427 land in the list above, and creating a caregiver profile is free.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Buellton
Buellton has no licensed care employer of its own. A search of ZIP 93427 in CDPH's October 16, 2026 facility list returns nothing at all: Buellton has no licensed hospital, clinic, skilled nursing beds, home health office or hospice. The CDSS community care files of May 25, 2025 are just as empty for the city, with no Buellton care home, home care organization or adult day site. Work inside Buellton therefore comes from households: a family paying privately, or an IHSS recipient who picks you as their provider.
The valley's licensed employers in the state's files are in Solvang, ZIP 93463, which the SYVT Express Route links with Buellton. CDPH lists Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (11 beds) on Viborg Road, the 54-bed Atterdag Care Center skilled nursing facility, and a Solvang branch of Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care licensed for home health and hospice. CDSS lists Atterdag Village of Solvang, licensed as a continuing care retirement community with room for 188, and Solvang Friendship House, a 40-bed elderly care home that also holds a license for a 15-person adult day program. If you would take shifts there as well as private Buellton clients, put both in your profile. Bilingual applicants have an edge: a quarter of Buellton residents aged five or older (25.0%) speak Spanish at home, and 579 of them rate their own English below very good.
Families looking for private caregivers near Buellton, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Buellton by distance.
No open postings in Buellton right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Los Angeles, CA, about 118 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Santa Barbara County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Buellton
Requests from Buellton tend to involve an older parent living with family or alone: 526 of the city's 1,886 households include someone 65 or over, and 111 older women run a household by themselves. Plan on bathing and dressing help, cooking, light cleaning, laundry, rides to appointments and company during the day. If you have no paid experience yet, the Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach volunteer roles are a practical way in; its Meals on Wheels drivers deliver hot lunches with a wellness check every weekday.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Buellton: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Santa Maria–Santa Barbara, CA metro (Santa Barbara County); private rates on CaregiverConnect are agreed between each caregiver and family and are not tracked by any agency.
| Measure | Hourly | Source and coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Home health and personal care aides, Santa Maria–Santa Barbara, CA metro (Santa Barbara County) | $16.50 median ($17.77 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 6,470 jobs |
| IHSS provider wage, Santa Barbara County | $20.07 | CDSS; effective April 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Santa Maria–Santa Barbara, CA metro (Santa Barbara County) | $22.66 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. The state minimum wage ($16.90 an hour from 1 January 2026; some cities set more, for example $17.75 in the City of San Diego) is the legal floor, and a personal attendant earns overtime at 1.5× after 9 hours in a day or 45 in a week. The main exceptions are IHSS recipients and an employer's own parent, spouse or child. Source: California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ.
About 1.5% of Buellton's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, set against 4.6% for Santa Barbara County and 5.3% for California; monthly figures ranged from 1.2% to 1.9% for a labor force of roughly 3,275. EDD estimates small cities like Buellton from county data, and the number can shift from one month to the next. For a Buellton IHSS client, the county pays $20.07 an hour under the CDSS table effective April 1, 2026; the Santa Barbara County IHSS guide explains enrollment.
No Buellton ordinance appears in the wage tracker UC Berkeley's Labor Center keeps, so the $16.90 state minimum governs private care jobs in town. In BLS's May 2025 survey, aides across Santa Barbara County earned a $16.50 median and $17.77 mean, with certified nursing assistants at $22.66 (median). Buellton's median household income is $99,936 (ACS), which gives you room to ask above the floor for experience with dementia or transfers. Hire directly with a Buellton household and the overtime premium starts with hour ten of a workday and hour 46 of a workweek.
How to enroll as a provider in Santa Barbara County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Santa Barbara County guide. IHSS wages for every county we cover, with effective dates, are in the IHSS pay by county guide.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Buellton
Non-medical help in a Buellton home requires no state license. A licensed home care organization may send you into Buellton homes only after CDSS lists you as a registered home care aide (fee $35); for privately hired caregivers that listing is optional. Santa Barbara County lays out IHSS enrollment in five steps: enroll online and watch the required orientation videos, attend an in-person appointment with original identity documents, get fingerprinted by Live Scan on the county's own form, have your recipient name you on form SOC 426A once the DOJ check clears, and sign up for electronic timesheets. After that you can join the Public Authority's provider registry, (866) 313-1353, which matches providers with recipients. Hospitals and skilled nursing facilities hire CDPH-certified nursing assistants. Elder abuse you witness on the job must be reported (WIC §15630); Santa Barbara County APS answers (844) 751-6729 at any hour, and also takes online reports. More in California caregiver requirements.
Training and career resources near Buellton
Courses, volunteer roles and buses for Buellton caregivers, each checked against the organization's own site in October 2026.
- Allan Hancock College, CNA and Home Health AideThe CDPH-approved CNA program opens two application windows a year, one in May and one running through October into November 1; new applicants show completion or current enrollment in ENGL C1000. Certified CNAs can then apply in April for NURS 416, a summer Certified Home Health Aide course capped at 24 students.
- Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach volunteeringThe nonprofit behind the Buellton Senior Center wants Meals on Wheels drivers (one route takes about 90 minutes, once a month or more often) and front-desk volunteers at the senior center. Its kitchen sends out nearly 400 meals each weekday. Office hours Monday to Friday 9 to 4; (805) 688-4571.
- Santa Barbara County IHSS provider enrollmentThe county DSS page walks through the five enrollment steps and links the Provider Registry. Questions about the registry go to the Public Authority at (866) 313-1353.
- Santa Ynez Valley Transit Express RouteBuses every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday, along Highway 246 linking Buellton with Solvang and Santa Ynez, with free transfers to the Los Olivos Loop. The route map shows stops at the Buellton Senior Center and at Cottage Hospital. Office 805-688-5452.
Buellton in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 estimates Buellton at 5,074 people with a median age of 39.0, of whom 744 (14.7%) are 65 or older, 234 are 75 to 84 and 83 are 85-plus; no one lives in group quarters. Among residents over 65, 28.2% report a disability and 6.3% live below the poverty line. Owners hold 58.7% of homes, the median owner-occupied home is valued at $837,400, and renters pay a median of $2,194. Buellton workers average 28.4 minutes to work, and 15.6% work from home.
City Hall is at 107 West Highway 246, (805) 688-5177. The city helps fund Santa Ynez Valley Transit together with Solvang and Santa Barbara County, and the mayor's October 2026 newsletter says the Buellton Library will add Sunday hours, 1 to 5, once a new librarian is hired. Other pages in the county: Lompoc, Goleta, Santa Maria and the Santa Barbara County hub.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Buellton (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Buellton
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Buellton is part of Santa Barbara County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Useful reading
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained · How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026) · Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency · Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach, senior center
- Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach, Meals on Wheels
- Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach, contact and hours
- Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach, volunteer
- Santa Ynez Valley Transit, plan your trip
- Santa Ynez Valley Transit, about us
- Santa Ynez Valley Transit, fixed-route brochure (August 2026)
- City of Buellton (City Hall)
- City of Buellton, The Buzz, October 2026
- Allan Hancock College, Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide
- Santa Barbara County DSS, IHSS provider enrollment
- 211 Santa Barbara County, Adult Protective Services
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (31-1120, 31-1131), OEWS query system
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001, Buellton city
Caregiver jobs in Buellton: frequently asked questions
Are there agencies or care homes in Buellton to apply to?
Not according to state records: CDPH and CDSS list no licensed health facility, care home or home care organization in 93427. The Santa Ynez Valley ones in those files are in Solvang, including Atterdag Care Center and a Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care branch.
Is unemployment high in Buellton?
No. EDD puts the twelve-month average through August 2026 at 1.5%, against Santa Barbara County's 4.6% and California's 5.3%. Figures for a city this small are estimates built from county data.
What is the minimum wage in Buellton?
$16.90, the state rate. Buellton has not adopted its own, according to the Labor Center at UC Berkeley. Santa Barbara County IHSS pays providers $20.07.
Can I get to Buellton clients without a car?
Santa Ynez Valley Transit runs its Express Route every half hour from Monday to Saturday through Buellton, Solvang and Santa Ynez. Older or disabled clients can book its Dial-A-Ride on 805-688-5452.
Is a CNA class open for applications now?
Allan Hancock College's fall window for its CNA program runs October 1 to November 1, and the next one opens May 1. Check the college page for the current application.
How do Buellton families reach me?
They post on the Buellton family page under ZIP 93427, and each new Buellton request shows up above. There is no fee for caregivers and no cut taken from your wages.
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