Caregiver Jobs in Colusa County
This page covers the whole of Colusa County: the cities of Williams and Colusa, Arbuckle and Maxwell, the old river towns of Princeton and Grimes, and Stonyford in what the county calls its mountain section. Any request posted from a Colusa County address is listed above.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Colusa County
Colusa County is small and spread out. The Department of Finance counted 22,003 residents on January 1, 2026, and only about 12,200 of them live inside its two incorporated cities, Williams (5,621) and Colusa (6,597). The other 9,785 or so live in unincorporated places. The county lists ten communities on its own site: Arbuckle, College City, Colusa, Grand Island and Grimes, Leesville, Maxwell, Princeton, Sites, Stonyford and Williams. Its history page puts the county about 70 miles north of Sacramento and describes an economy built on agriculture.
For a caregiver, that layout means two things. First, you will almost certainly need a car. In ACS 2020–2024, 82.1% of the county's workers drove to work alone and 0.8% used public transportation; the average commute was 24.2 minutes. Second, a profile that lists the communities you will drive to does more work here than a profile that names one town. Spanish matters as much as mileage: Spanish is the home language of 51.4% of people five and older, and 20.9% speak Spanish with limited English. Bilingual caregivers should put both languages at the very top of a profile.
Families looking for private caregivers in Colusa County
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Colusa County by distance. 1 caregiver within 60 miles already have profiles here.
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No family within 60 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 98 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Colusa County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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- Caregiver jobs in Williamspop. 5,621
- Caregiver jobs in Colusapop. 6,597
The communities of Colusa County
Colusa County's two cities and its unincorporated communities. Williams and Colusa have their own pages; elsewhere, search by the local ZIP code.
- WilliamsA city of 5,621, home to the adult school's CNA program, the community college campus, the Williams Health Clinic and Almond View Care Center.
- ColusaA city of 6,597 with Colusa Medical Center, the Social Services office that runs IHSS and APS, and the transit agency.
- Arbuckle and College CityUnincorporated communities; the county history places Arbuckle 20 miles from Colusa. Arbuckle has two clinics, an Ampla Health center on Putnam Way and a Colusa Medical Center clinic on King Street.
- Maxwell, Princeton and GrimesSmall unincorporated towns on county transit's timed routes; expect fewer clients per trip and plan your day around driving.
- Stonyford, Sites and LeesvilleStonyford sits in what the county's history calls its mountain section. County transit lists Stonyford rides as temporarily unavailable, so clients here usually need a caregiver who drives.
Types of caregiver jobs in Colusa County
The Public Authority's recruiting flyer lists the tasks IHSS caregivers in the county typically do: laundry, grocery shopping, cooking and meal preparation, housework, and going with the client to appointments. Private families may also want companionship for a parent living alone outside town and help after a stay at Colusa Medical Center. Without experience, begin with meals, errands and company and add bathing and transfers after training.
- Senior caregiving: day-to-day help so an older adult can stay at home.
- Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers.
- Companion care: company, errands, appointments, light help.
- Dementia care: routine-based support for memory loss.
- Respite care: cover so a family caregiver can rest or work.
- Live-in: room and board as part of the arrangement.
- Overnight: supervision through the night.
- Part-time and full-time: set by day and time block on your profile.
Caregiver pay in Colusa County: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Colusa and nine other counties); 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, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Colusa and nine other counties) | $16.50 median ($17.00 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 5,000 jobs; concentration 1.73× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Colusa County | $17.40 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Colusa and nine other counties) | $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.
BLS does not publish a wage table for Colusa County alone. It groups the county with Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity in one nonmetropolitan area, where the 5,000 aides counted in this occupation had a $16.50 median and a $17.00 mean in May 2025. Nursing assistants there had a $22.66 median. Colusa County IHSS providers are paid $17.40 from January 1, 2026, fifty cents above the $16.90 state minimum, which applies everywhere in the county because UC Berkeley's ordinance inventory lists no local minimum wage here. Private families who employ you directly must pay time-and-a-half beyond nine hours in one day or 45 in one week.
EDD's sub-county estimates put Colusa County's unemployment at an average of 12.8% from August 2025 to August 2026, against 5.3% for California. About 22.0% of Williams's labor force and 13.6% of Colusa's were unemployed on average over the same months. With jobless rates that high, steady paid care for a relative or neighbor through IHSS in Colusa County is a dependable income in a farm-based economy.
How to enroll as a provider in Colusa County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Colusa 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 Colusa County
You do not need a state license to provide non-medical care directly for a family. Registration on the state's $35 Home Care Aide Registry becomes compulsory only when you go to work for a licensed agency. Colusa County runs IHSS from the Social Services building at number 251 on East Webster Street in Colusa, phone (530) 458-0280, open weekdays 8:00 to 4:30. Since November 1, 2009, the county's IHSS Public Authority has handled new provider enrollment: the SOC 426 enrollment form, a mandatory orientation, the SOC 846 provider agreement, an original unexpired photo ID and Social Security card shown in person, and a Department of Justice Live Scan. Facility work at the county's nursing home or hospital generally calls for a CDPH nurse assistant certificate. Paid caregivers must report suspected abuse of elders and dependent adults under state law. More detail: California caregiver rules.
Training and career resources near Colusa County
Training, enrollment and transport for caregivers in Colusa County, all confirmed with the organizations themselves during October 2026.
- Colusa County Adult School, Certified Nurse Assistant programRun by the county office of education at 499 Marguerite Street in Williams, (530) 473-1350. The course covers basic patient care, observation and communication, with required clinical hours, and prepares you for the state competency exam. Tuition is listed at $1,300 plus a uniform, and scholarships are explained at orientation. The fall 2026 cohort is full; registration for spring 2027 is due to open in late fall.
- IHSS Public Authority of Colusa CountyRecruits providers for its registry, matches them with recipients, checks backgrounds and runs provider training. Its recruiting flyer gives (530) 458-0292 for information and lists paid sick leave and a flexible schedule among the benefits; the wage printed on that older flyer is out of date, so use the CDSS rate above.
- Woodland Community College, Colusa County CampusAt 99 Ella Street in Williams, (530) 668-2500, open Monday to Thursday. The college lists its Emergency Medical Technician certificate at this campus; counseling is offered in English and Spanish. For a nurse assistant certificate, look to the adult school instead; the college lists no CNA course.
- Passages Caregiver Resource CenterBased at CSU Chico and serving ten northern counties including Colusa. Family consultants, monthly support groups and information on dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease; (530) 898-5925.
- Colusa County Transit AgencyThe county's only public transit, a dial-a-ride with timed routes between Colusa, Williams, Arbuckle, Maxwell, Princeton, Grimes and Sites, weekdays 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the office at 715 D Street, Colusa, (530) 458-0287, to book; drivers cannot schedule riders. Local fares are $2.50 or $2.00.
Colusa County in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 3,410 county residents aged 65 and over (15.5%) and 528 aged 85 and over; the median age is 35.9. Among people 65 and older, 39.3% report a disability, and just over a third of households (34.1%) have a member that old. Median household income is $75,672 and median gross rent $1,157. Agriculture and related industries employ 20.6% of working residents.
In the CDPH facility file dated September 16, 2026, the county has a single general hospital, Colusa Medical Center on East Webster Street in Colusa, licensed for 48 beds and running its own home health agency and hospice. The hospital calls its emergency department the only fully equipped one in the county. The county's one skilled nursing facility is Almond View Care Center in Williams (99 beds). Clinics are in Colusa, Williams and Arbuckle. With so few beds, much of the recovery and long-term care in this county happens at home. For town detail, see the Williams and Colusa pages; neighboring markets are on the Sutter County and Butte County pages.
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Useful reading before you apply
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained
Which rules apply to a caregiver in California depends on who pays them. A plain-language map of the Home Care Aide Registry, IHSS provider enrolment and CNA/HHA certification, with the official sources.
How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026)
Median hourly pay for home health and personal care aides by metro area from the May 2025 BLS survey, county IHSS wages, state minimum wages, and how private rates relate to them.
Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency
Where families who hire directly actually look, how to be found, what to put in writing, and the legal basics of being a household employee.
Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
What a family interview for private caregiving work really covers, the questions to expect, the questions you should ask, and what to bring.
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- BLS OEWS, May 2025 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), sub-county places, 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Colusa County, Social Services
- Colusa County, Public Authority (IHSS provider enrollment)
- Colusa County, IHSS caregiver recruitment flyer
- Colusa County, Communities and History pages
- Colusa County Transit Agency, transit information and schedule
- Colusa County Adult School, CNA program
- Woodland Community College, Colusa County Campus and health programs
- Passages Caregiver Resource Center
- Colusa Medical Center, Emergency Department
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Colusa County
Caregiver jobs in Colusa County: frequently asked questions
What does IHSS pay in Colusa County?
The CDSS county wage table lists $17.40 an hour for Colusa County providers, effective January 1, 2026. If your client lives in another county, IHSS pays that county's wage instead, because pay is set by the client's home county.
What is the IHSS phone number for Colusa County?
Social Services takes IHSS calls on (530) 458-0280 and lists a social worker as reachable on that line around the clock. The Public Authority's recruiting flyer gives (530) 458-0292 for people who want to become providers.
Where can I train as a CNA in Colusa County?
The Colusa County Adult School in Williams runs a CNA program that prepares you for the state competency exam. It lists tuition of $1,300. Spring 2027 registration is due to open in late fall 2026.
How long does IHSS provider enrollment take here?
Plan for several weeks. According to the Public Authority, the Justice Department may need a full month for fingerprint results alone, and you also need the orientation and signed forms. Do every step through the Public Authority and do not wait to start.
Where do Colusa County families post?
On the Colusa County family page or the Williams and Colusa pages. Their requests show in the list above, and caregivers apply free, with no commission taken from pay.
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