Caregiver Jobs in Diamond Springs, CA
Diamond Springs is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, ZIP 95619, where more than one resident in four is 65 or older. Family requests from the area are added above as they are published; a free profile lets you answer them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Diamond Springs
Diamond Springs has no city hall. Census statistics cover it as a census-designated place (CDP); the ACS 2020–2024 estimate puts its population at 10,927 (with a margin of error of about 1,200). It skews older than the county around it: the median age is 47.6, 28.4% of residents are 65 or over against 23.5% county-wide, and 482 people, 4.4% of the population, are 85 or older. Almost half of its 4,669 households (47.2%) include someone 65 or older, and 1,011 of them are an older person living alone, most often a woman (729 households).
Those figures describe the work a caregiver here is most likely to find: one older adult at home, needing a few hours of help with meals, bathing, medication reminders and errands, sometimes more after an illness. Disability is common among older residents; 37.8% of people 65 and up report one, compared with 28.8% across the county. When you write your profile, list 95619 as your base, say how far you will drive, and mention any experience with end-of-life or dementia care, because two of the local employers described below work in exactly those areas.
Families looking for private caregivers near Diamond Springs, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Diamond Springs by distance. 1 caregiver within 50 miles already have profiles here.
No open postings in Diamond Springs right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 107 miles away. A profile created now is visible to El Dorado County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Diamond Springs
Private families tend to post companionship, personal care, housekeeping and rides. Some recipients get county-authorized IHSS hours and pick someone they know, often a family member, to be paid for those hours. Agency and nonprofit jobs sit at the other end: hospice and home health teams hire certified aides to work alongside nurses in patients' homes, and hospice volunteering (sitting with a patient so the family can rest) is an unpaid way for a newcomer to see the work up close.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Diamond Springs: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA metro (El Dorado 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, Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA metro (El Dorado County) | $16.50 median ($17.20 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 60,350 jobs; concentration 2.02× national |
| IHSS provider wage, El Dorado County | $17.40 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
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 8.6% of Diamond Springs's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is well above El Dorado County's 4.9%, which is itself below California's 5.3%. EDD estimates small places such as this one from county totals, so treat the figure as approximate; the monthly values ranged from 7.2% to 8.9% in a labor force of about 4,450, and the separate ACS 2020–2024 survey measured 7.7%. Either way, a dependable source of hours counts for something, and El Dorado County IHSS pays a provider $17.40 for each authorized hour.
Household budgets here are tighter than in much of the county. The ACS median household income is $77,219, compared with $108,845 county-wide; 15.6% of residents live below the poverty line, about twice the county's 8.0%; and 9.2% of households use CalFresh. UC Berkeley's inventory lists no wage ordinance anywhere in El Dorado County, leaving $16.90 as the legal floor for a private job, and California's personal-attendant overtime rule (pay and a half past 9 hours daily or 45 weekly) covers Diamond Springs households as well. Expect a mix of Medi-Cal households who may qualify for IHSS and private payers negotiating a rate near the $17.20 metro mean.
How to enroll as a provider in El Dorado County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS El Dorado 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 Diamond Springs
No license is required to work directly for a family providing non-medical help. An independent caregiver may join the state's Home Care Aide Registry by choice, while a licensed home care agency must list its aides there. CDSS licensing data from May 2025 shows no licensed home care organization with a Diamond Springs address (one closed). For IHSS, call the county's line, (530) 642-4800, and the Public Authority on Briw Road will take you through the forms, fingerprints and orientation; the county IHSS guide has the steps. The Attorney General lists an appointment-only Live Scan operator, Identifirm, at 3781 Pleasant Valley Road (Placerville mailing address), with a $25 rolling fee. Hospice and home health aide jobs require state certification. Once you are paid to care, the law makes you a mandated reporter. See the California requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Diamond Springs
Employers, training and transport that serve Diamond Springs, each read on the organization's own site or in state data in October 2026.
- Snowline Health, El Dorado County clinical officeA nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider founded in 1979, at 6520 Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Springs, (530) 621-7820. Its careers page lists home health aides among its staff, alongside nurses, LVNs and social workers, and mentions mileage reimbursement and benefits for regular full- and part-time staff.
- Snowline hospice volunteeringPatient care volunteers sit with hospice patients in private homes and nursing homes, giving family caregivers a break; other roles include medication courier runs and bereavement phone calls. Applications go through the volunteer page.
- Marshall Home HealthCDPH lists Marshall Home Care, a licensed and Medicare-certified home health agency, at 6425 Capitol Avenue, Suite 120, Diamond Springs. Marshall says its home health personnel are all licensed or certified and that care follows a physician's orders. (530) 626-2900.
- Folsom Lake College CNA course, El Dorado Center stopThe eight-week Nurse Assistant course uses the El Dorado Center, 6699 Campus Drive, as a lab site, with clinical placements at Folsom and Carmichael care centers. Route 30 stops at the El Dorado Center at 43 minutes past each hour.
- El Dorado Transit Route 30, Diamond Springs / El DoradoAn hourly weekday loop from 7:00 a.m. to 6:55 p.m., starting at the Missouri Flat Transfer Center and stopping on Pleasant Valley Road, at Union Mine and Independence high schools, Mother Lode Drive and Prospector's Plaza; single ride $1.50. Some stops, including Eskaton Lincoln Manor, are request-only: call at least an hour ahead.
Diamond Springs in numbers
Homes in Diamond Springs are more modest than the county norm. The five-year ACS counts 5,104 homes, and 17.9% of them are mobile homes, against 5.0% county-wide. About two-thirds of households own (67.8%), at a median value of $423,400; renters pay a $1,682 median, and 53.3% of renter households put at least 35% of their income toward rent. 8.1% of households have no vehicle, more than double the county share of 3.6%. Among working residents, 71.3% drive alone, nobody in the sample commuted by public transit, and the average one-way trip takes 21.1 minutes, against 28.6 minutes county-wide.
Two care employers have their licensed addresses in town: Snowline's hospice office on Pleasant Valley Road and Marshall's home health agency on Capitol Avenue. El Dorado Transit's own offices are at 6565 Commerce Way. Mercy Housing's Diamond Sunrise, at 4015 Panther Lane, has 40 apartments for low-income seniors. CDSS lists no licensed assisted living home with a Diamond Springs address. County-wide services are on the El Dorado County page; nearby pages cover Placerville, El Dorado Hills and Sutter Creek.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Diamond Springs (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Diamond Springs
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Diamond Springs is part of El Dorado County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- El Dorado County, In Home Support Services (IHSS)
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, El Dorado County
- Snowline Health, home page, Careers and Volunteer
- Marshall Medical Center, Marshall Home Health
- Folsom Lake College, Nursing (Nurse Assistant course)
- El Dorado Transit, Route 30 Diamond Springs timetable (effective 2/7/2026) and contact page
- Mercy Housing, Diamond Sunrise I
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Diamond Springs CDP and El Dorado County
Caregiver jobs in Diamond Springs: frequently asked questions
Does Snowline Health hire caregivers in Diamond Springs?
Snowline's El Dorado County clinical office is on Pleasant Valley Road in Diamond Springs, and its careers page names home health aides as part of its team. Openings are posted on that page; hospice aide roles generally call for a state certificate.
Is there a City of Diamond Springs office for caregivers or seniors?
No. Diamond Springs is unincorporated, so services come from El Dorado County and other agencies. IHSS enrollment, for example, runs through the county's Briw Road offices rather than anything local.
What does an IHSS provider earn for a client in Diamond Springs?
El Dorado County's rate, $17.40 an hour since January 1, 2026, set by the CDSS county wage table. Pay is set by the client's county of residence, so a client registered in another county is paid that county's rate instead.
Can I reach clients in Diamond Springs by bus?
Partly. Route 30 loops through the community every hour on weekdays until just before 7 p.m. for $1.50 a ride, but its timetable lists Monday-to-Friday service only, so weekend shifts need a car or a ride.
Are there assisted living jobs in Diamond Springs itself?
Not by address: the May 2025 CDSS files show no licensed elder care home (RCFE) with a 95619 address. The 33 licensed homes in El Dorado County carry El Dorado Hills (21), Cameron Park (6), Placerville (5) and Camino (1) addresses.
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