Caregiver Jobs in Colton, CA

Colton began as a railroad town. The city's history page says a formal town was laid out on a grid when the Southern Pacific pushed through in 1875, that railroad workers built homes in south Colton, and that Interstates 10 and 215 were later built through the city. For a caregiver, the more useful fact today is what sits here. CDPH's October 16, 2026 listing places Arrowhead Regional Medical Center at 400 N. Pepper Avenue in Colton, a county-owned general acute care hospital licensed for 366 beds, with a separate 90-bed acute psychiatric unit and a dialysis service on the same campus. Two skilled nursing facilities add more hands-on jobs: Meadows Ridge Care Center at 1700 E. Washington Street (99 beds) and The Canyons Post-Acute at 1350 Reche Canyon Road (156 beds, listed for adult subacute care).

Colton is also an office base for home care businesses. The same CDPH listing shows nine home health agencies and nine hospices with Colton addresses, many of them in suites on East Cooley Drive and North La Cadena Drive, and the CDSS file from May 2025 lists three licensed home care organizations. An agency based here may serve clients well outside the city, so ask where the visits would be. In ACS 2020–2024, 74.5% of working Colton residents drove alone, 12.6% carpooled and 1.4% rode transit, averaging 27.5 minutes each way. Half of residents aged five and over (49.9%) speak Spanish at home, and 20.7% are Spanish speakers with limited English, so put Spanish at the top of your profile if you have it.

Colton follows the state rules. Non-medical care that a family pays you for directly needs no license, while home care organizations licensed by CDSS must list their aides on the Home Care Aide Registry ($35, optional for independents). Nursing assistant jobs at Meadows Ridge, The Canyons or Arrowhead Regional call for CDPH certification, and for home health or hospice roles, ask each agency which credential the job needs. IHSS work needs enrollment with the county Public Authority; the county page lists the steps. The Attorney General's Live Scan list includes The UPS Store #7178 at 1040 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Suite G, with walk-in hours every day and a $30 rolling fee before government fees. Reporting suspected abuse of an older or dependent adult is required of caregivers. See the requirements guide.