Caregiver Jobs in Forestville, CA
Forestville in Sonoma County is an unincorporated community of about 3,700 people, and one household in two there includes someone aged 65 or more. Private and IHSS jobs in Forestville, CA are listed above as households publish them; IHSS providers are paid $20.25 an hour.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Forestville
Forestville is a census-designated place with no town government, so work comes from households and from one licensed employer. The CDSS licensing file shows a single residential care facility for the elderly in the 95436 ZIP: Mirabel Lodge, 6950 Mirabel Road, licensed for 34 residents, (707) 887-1754. It is worth asking there about caregiver openings, especially if you want facility experience before working on your own. The CDPH list of October 16, 2026 and the May 2025 CDSS files show no Forestville nursing facility, hospice, home health agency or licensed home care agency.
The rest of the work is in private homes. ACS 2020–2024 puts a resident aged 65-plus in 51.1% of Forestville households, and 355 residents of that age live alone. West County Community Services, which serves the area from Forestville west to Jenner, says it provides senior meals in Forestville as well as at its Guerneville senior center; ask WCCS, (707) 823-1640, where and when they are served. In your profile, give 95436 as your ZIP, say whether you have a car, and mention Spanish if you speak it.
Families looking for private caregivers near Forestville, CA
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No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 56 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Sonoma County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Forestville
Requests here tend to come from households where an older couple or a widowed parent still lives at home: 27.8% of Forestville residents over 65 who live outside institutions report a disability. Typical tasks are help getting up and showered, cooking, housekeeping, reminders to take medication and driving to appointments and stores. No experience is needed to start with companionship and errands, and the elder care home on Mirabel Road is a place to learn personal care on the job.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Forestville: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Santa Rosa–Petaluma, CA metro; 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, Santa Rosa–Petaluma, CA metro | $17.72 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 10,150 jobs; concentration 1.79× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Sonoma County | $20.25 | CDSS; effective March 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 5.1% of Forestville's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is below California's 5.3% for those months but higher than the 4.3% for Sonoma County as a whole. The community's labor force is small, roughly 1,917 people, and EDD estimates census-designated places like this from county figures, so read the number as approximate; monthly values ranged from 4.4% to 5.6%. What matters for your wage is the county: Sonoma County IHSS has paid $20.25 an hour since March 1, 2026, while BLS measured the typical aide wage across the Santa Rosa–Petaluma metro at $17.72 in May 2025. The Labor Center's July 2026 list includes no Forestville ordinance and none for the unincorporated county, so the legal minimum for private work is California's $16.90. See the Sonoma County IHSS guide to enroll.
How to enroll as a provider in Sonoma County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Sonoma 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 Forestville
A Forestville family can employ you for non-medical care whether or not you hold a state credential. An agency job requires your name on the CDSS Home Care Aide Registry; registration costs $35 and lasts two years. Hospitals and nursing homes hire only nurse assistants certified by CDPH; private work does not call for that certificate. For IHSS, enroll with the Sonoma County Adult and Aging Division, (707) 565-5900, and contact the IHSS Public Authority, (707) 565-5700, if you want help with the paperwork or want to be referred to clients. California's WIC §15630 requires you to report abuse or neglect you suspect; in Sonoma County, call APS at (707) 565-5940 at any hour. Read California caregiver requirements for the full picture.
Training and career resources near Forestville
Study, bus and library options for someone working in Forestville, taken from each provider's site in October 2026.
- Santa Rosa Junior College nurse assistant programSix academic units, ten weeks, three or four days a week, with clinical hours in a Sonoma County long-term care facility; finishing with a C or higher qualifies you to sit the state certification exam. Sonoma County Transit is free for students who show a current college ID.
- Route 20, Forestville–Downtown stopBuses run every day toward Graton, Sebastopol and Santa Rosa in one direction and Rio Nido, Guerneville and Monte Rio in the other. The April 12, 2026 timetable has the first Santa Rosa-bound trip leaving downtown Forestville at 6:34 a.m. and reaching the Transit Mall at 7:16. Forestville sits in fare Zone 3; one-zone cash fares are $1.50, or $0.75 for seniors and riders with disabilities.
- Forestville Community LibraryA small Sonoma County Library branch inside the El Molino High School library building, 7050 Covey Road, (707) 887-7654, open 3 to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 10 to 2 on Saturdays. Library cards cover the first $5 of printing each day, after which black-and-white pages cost $0.25.
- West County Community ServicesThe nonprofit behind the area's senior meals, senior case management and peer counseling; its office is at 16390 Main Street, Guerneville, (707) 823-1640.
Forestville in numbers
Forestville had 3,717 residents (margin of error ±627) in ACS 2020–2024, 932 of them aged 65 or older, which is 25.1%; the median age was 45.2. Only 25 people live in group quarters. There are 1,458 households, 71.6% of them owner-occupied, and just 2.1% of the 1,490 homes stood vacant. Median household income was $115,962, though with a wide margin (±$33,861); median gross rent was $1,833. One employed resident in three (31.9%) works in education, health care or social assistance; 73.7% commute alone by car, 20.6 minutes on average.
Spanish is spoken at home by 11.1% of residents five and older, and 6.4% speak English less than very well; Spanish is a real asset with some Forestville clients. Nearby pages: Guerneville, Sebastopol, Santa Rosa and Sonoma County.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Forestville (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Forestville
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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, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 23, 2026)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (RCFE and home care organization files, May 2025)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- Sonoma County Human Services, become a paid caregiver (IHSS)
- Sonoma County Human Services, Adult Protective Services
- West County Community Services, about WCCS, senior services and jobs
- Santa Rosa Junior College, Certified Nurse Assistant program
- Sonoma County Transit, Route 20 timetable (effective April 12, 2026) and fares
- Sonoma County Library, Forestville Community Library
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and table B26001, Forestville CDP
Caregiver jobs in Forestville: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment high in Forestville?
No. EDD's average for Forestville over August 2025 to August 2026 is about 5.1%, a little under California's 5.3%, though above Sonoma County's 4.3%. It is a modeled estimate for a labor force of under 2,000, so it moves from month to month.
Who employs caregivers in Forestville itself?
Mirabel Lodge, the 34-bed elder care home on Mirabel Road, is the only state-licensed care employer in the 95436 files we checked. Everything else is private households and IHSS clients.
How much do Forestville IHSS providers earn?
$20.25 an hour, the CDSS figure for Sonoma County since March 1, 2026. If you take an IHSS client outside Sonoma County, their own county sets your hourly rate.
Can I commute to Santa Rosa for CNA training without a car?
Route 20 links downtown Forestville with Santa Rosa every day, and its timetable lists a stop at Santa Rosa Junior College. Students enrolled at a Sonoma County college ride county buses free.
Does Forestville have a higher minimum wage?
No. Neither Forestville nor unincorporated Sonoma County has an ordinance in UC Berkeley's July 2026 inventory, so $16.90 applies.
Where do Forestville families post their care needs?
On the Forestville family page. What they post is listed above, and joining as a caregiver is free and commission-free.
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