Caregiver Jobs in Downey, CA

The Department of Finance counted 112,279 people in Downey on January 1, 2026. It is a city of larger, multigenerational households: the typical Downey household holds 3.1 people by the ACS 2020–2024 count, and 11,296 of its 34,876 households, almost a third, include someone 65 or older. In many of those homes the family already does most of the caring and wants a caregiver for specific hours, such as weekday mornings while everyone is at work, or for a specific job, such as helping a father home from rehabilitation learn to move safely again. Postings carrying a Downey ZIP code (90240, 90241 or 90242) are listed above as families publish them.

Spanish is close to essential for a lot of Downey work. Spanish is the home language of 56.7% of Downey residents aged five and up, and almost a third of them report speaking English less than very well; older relatives are often the ones most comfortable in Spanish. Lead your profile with it if you speak it. Most households here have a car (only 5.3% do not), and the average commute to work is 31 minutes, so families will expect you to drive or to explain clearly how you will arrive on time.

Here is how the state rules work in Downey. Non-medical work for a Downey family needs no license at all. You may list yourself on the Home Care Aide Registry so families can check you, and a licensed home care agency must put you on it before placing you. IHSS clients in Downey choose and direct their own provider, the county pays, and PASC handles enrollment and the Homecare Registry on 877-565-4477. To do nursing tasks, or to work in a skilled nursing facility, you need certification from CDPH as a nurse assistant. Downey caregivers carry the same legal duty to report suspected abuse of older or dependent adults as any other paid caregiver, and those reports go to county Adult Protective Services on (877) 477-3646. For more, see our state rules guide and, for enrollment, the county IHSS walkthrough.