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Fontana, California · San Bernardino County
Caregiver Jobs in Fontana, CA
Fontana is a city of about 220,000 where more residents speak Spanish at home than speak only English, and Kaiser Permanente runs a 450-bed hospital on Sierra Avenue. Families post care needs here directly; build a free profile and apply without an agency in between.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Fontana
Most private caregiving in Fontana is arranged between neighbors, church contacts and relatives, and this site puts that arrangement online: a family posts its ZIP code (92335, 92336 or 92337) with a list of hours and duties, and any caregiver whose radius reaches it may apply. The postings above update as families publish them, so set up the profile first and switch on alerts. The county's IHSS registry groups Fontana with Bloomington and Rialto, a sensible starting area for your travel radius if you live on this side of the valley.
Put language near the top of your profile. In the ACS 2020–2024 estimates, Spanish is the home language of 49.3% of Fontana residents over the age of four, and 18.8% say they speak English less than "very well", which means many older parents here are most comfortable with a caregiver who can talk to them in Spanish. List every language you speak, the care tasks you will do, whether you drive, and whether you can work evenings, then add one or two lines about who you have cared for before.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Fontana, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Fontana by distance. 3 caregivers within 50 miles already have profiles here.
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Fontana
Fontana families usually post weekday blocks for a parent while adult children commute, help after a stay at Kaiser Fontana, dementia supervision, and weekend cover for a family member who already does most of the care. Companionship, meals, errands and rides to appointments are realistic first jobs without formal experience.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Fontana: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA metro (San Bernardino 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, Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA metro (San Bernardino County) | $16.50 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 102,760 jobs; concentration 2.16× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Bernardino County | $19.00 | 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.
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA projection: 94,950 aide jobs in 2023 to 126,020 in 2033 (+32.7%), about 191,990 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections published April 2026). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
No pay series exists for Fontana alone; the table is the two-county metro, where home health and personal care aides are 2.16 times as concentrated as in the country as a whole. No Fontana wage law sets a higher figure (the city does not appear in the Berkeley Labor Center's September 2026 list of California local minimums), so the state's $16.90 is the legal floor. The more useful number is San Bernardino County's IHSS wage, $19.00 since January 1, 2026: a caregiver who could take an IHSS case at that rate will expect a private family to match or beat it. With a $102,821 median household income (ACS 2020–2024), Fontana has room for higher rates for nights, dementia care and driving.
How to enroll as a provider in San Bernardino County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Bernardino 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.
Rules
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Fontana
Fontana sits under San Bernardino County's IHSS program, which the county's aging department (DAAS–Public Guardian) runs with a separate Public Authority that keeps a registry of screened providers. To join that registry you need at least two months of home-care experience, two reference letters and a home address in the county; you pay for your own Department of Justice fingerprints and finish enrollment online through BOUNDS, and the Public Authority books your CPR and first-aid class after clearance. Its main office is 784 E. Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino, (866) 985-6322. A family hiring you privately for non-medical care does not need any of this, and registering as an independent Home Care Aide with the state is optional. CNA certification is for nursing tasks and facility jobs. Caregivers are mandated reporters; the county's abuse hotline is (877) 565-2020, 24 hours. See the requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Fontana
Training and job help a Fontana caregiver can reach without a long drive, checked against each organization’s own pages.
- Chaffey College, Certified Nursing AssistantApproved by the California Department of Public Health under Title 22; the college’s flyer lists a part-time section at Fontana Adult School and a full-time one at the Chino campus. Open to students over 16; an information session, fingerprinting, a physical, immunizations and a drug screen come first. Questions: cna@chaffey.edu.
- Chaffey College Fontana campus16855 Merrill Avenue, Fontana; admissions (909) 652-7400. Programs taught here include Physical Therapist Assistant and Emergency Medical Provider, both useful next steps after caregiving.
- Fontana Adult School10755 Oleander Avenue, (909) 357-5490. Fee-based short courses including Medical Assistant and Pharmacy Technician, plus ESL and high school diploma classes; walk-ins welcome (county job-center desk reference, April 2022).
- IHSS Public Authority of San Bernardino CountyRegistry of screened IHSS providers and a Back-Up Provider System for urgent cover; on-call providers must be able to reach a client within an hour. (866) 985-6322.
- West Valley America’s Job Center of California9650 9th Street, Suite B, Rancho Cucamonga. The county workforce center nearest Fontana for job-search help and training referrals.
The area
Fontana in numbers
The Department of Finance put Fontana's population at 219,774 on January 1, 2026, a little under the county seat's 222,292. It is a young city: the ACS 2020–2024 median age is 33.8 and 9.7% of residents (about 20,800 people) are 65 or older, with roughly 1,560 aged 85 and over. 67.6% of residents are Hispanic or Latino and 28.3% were born outside the United States. Workers average a 33.4-minute commute, so many postings cover the daytime hours when relatives are on the road.
Health care in Fontana grew out of the Kaiser Steel mill: Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield opened a 50-bed hospital for the mill in 1943, and the plan opened to the public in 1945. Today Kaiser Foundation Hospital–Fontana at 9961 Sierra Avenue is licensed for 450 beds, and the county's Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (456 beds) is in nearby Colton. Discharges from both lead to short, intensive home-care requests. Neighboring pages: Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and San Bernardino.
How it works
How to find private caregiver jobs in Fontana (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Fontana
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Fontana is part of San Bernardino County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Guides
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
Sources (checked 2026-10-14):
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates, January 1, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles DP02–DP05, Fontana city
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (31-1120)
- California EDD, 2023–2033 occupational projections, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (updated September 2026)
- IHSS Public Authority of San Bernardino County, home page and district offices
- IHSS Public Authority, Provider Registry Application (IHSS PA 15, 02/24)
- San Bernardino County Department of Aging and Adult Services–Public Guardian
- Chaffey College, career education (CNA, Caregiving Essentials) and CNA flyer
- Chaffey College, Fontana campus
- San Bernardino County AJCC desk reference, Fontana Adult School (04/22)
- San Bernardino County Workforce Development, West Valley AJCC
- HCAI facility profiles: Kaiser Foundation Hospital–Fontana; Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
- San Bernardino County, history of Kaiser Steel (July 2025)
- Kaiser Permanente history, opening the plan to the public
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Fontana: frequently asked questions
Do Fontana families want Spanish-speaking caregivers?
Many do. Nearly half of Fontana residents speak Spanish at home, and an older parent who is more at ease in Spanish is common. It is not a requirement for every posting, but put every language you speak on your profile so families can filter for it.
What does IHSS pay in Fontana?
Fontana is in San Bernardino County, where IHSS providers earn $19.00 an hour from January 1, 2026. Applications for services go to the county intake line, (877) 800-4544; providers enroll through the county and the Public Authority.
Where can I train as a CNA near Fontana?
Chaffey College runs a state-approved nursing assistant course; its flyer lists a part-time section held at Fontana Adult School on Oleander Avenue and a full-time one in Chino. You must attend an information session before you can apply.
Can I get the county registry to send me clients?
If you have two months of paid or unpaid home-care experience, live in San Bernardino County, and can supply one professional and one personal reference letter, you can apply to the Public Authority registry. It refers screened providers to IHSS recipients; the recipient decides whether to hire.
Is there caregiving work after Kaiser Fontana discharges?
Families often need extra hands for the first weeks after a hospital stay, especially for bathing, meals and getting to follow-up appointments on Sierra Avenue. Mark short-term and post-hospital care on your profile if you can take that kind of job.
Where do Fontana families post?
On the Fontana family page, which also shows anonymized cards for caregivers who cover the city. Posting is free for families.
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