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Fountain Valley, California · Orange County
Caregiver Jobs in Fountain Valley, CA
Fountain Valley, an Orange County city of 56,596, has two acute care hospitals, a post-acute nursing home and dozens of licensed elder care homes inside ZIP 92708. Private requests from local households show up above as families publish them.
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Fountain Valley is a hospital town for its size. CDPH's facility file dated October 16, 2026 lists two general acute care hospitals here: UCI Health–Fountain Valley, licensed for 293 beds at 17100 Euclid Street with a second 107-bed site on Warner Avenue under the same license, and MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center on Talbert Avenue, licensed for 221. Fountain Valley Post Acute, also on Warner, holds 151 skilled nursing beds. Around those campuses sit twelve home health agencies and six hospices, many of them in office suites on Newhope Street, Warner Avenue and Edinger Avenue. Four home health agencies share one building at 9550 Warner. Agency work with any of them gives you the shift history and references that private families in the city tend to ask about.
Residents 65 and over make up a fifth of the city, and close to half of everyone aged five or more uses a language besides English at home. In ACS 2020–2024, 47.5% of residents five and older use another language at home, 29.9% an Asian or Pacific Islander language, and roughly one resident in four (24.8%) reports Vietnamese ancestry. Vietnamese speakers should say so at the top of their profile; Spanish, used at home by 10.0% of residents, also helps. Most households drive (74.9% of workers drive alone and 0.6% ride transit), so say clearly whether you have a car and can take a client to appointments.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Fountain Valley, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Fountain Valley by distance. 6 caregivers within 50 miles already have profiles here.
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Fountain Valley
Because so much hospital and post-acute care happens inside city limits, many Fountain Valley requests revolve around a discharge: someone home from UCI Health or Orange Coast who needs help bathing, walking safely and keeping track of medications while a home health nurse visits a few times a week. Others come from adult children of long-time homeowners who want a few weekday hours of company, meals and a ride to the senior center. Applicants without paid experience can start with companionship and errands; dementia nights and transfers go to people who can describe having done them.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Fountain Valley: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange counties combined); 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, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange counties combined) | $16.50 median ($17.25 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 385,530 jobs; concentration 2.22× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Orange County | $18.90 | 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 4.5% of Fountain Valley's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, from a labor force of about 26,850. That is a little above the 4.1% Orange County averaged over that period and below the statewide 5.3%. For care work the more useful numbers are pay: an IHSS provider serving a Fountain Valley client earns Orange County's $18.90 an hour, and the Orange County IHSS guide explains enrollment.
Fountain Valley does not appear in the UC Berkeley Labor Center inventory of local wage ordinances, so the state's $16.90 is the lowest legal rate for a household that employs you itself. A personal attendant employed by a household is paid time and a half after nine hours in a day or 45 in a week. For context, the city's ACS median household income is $115,237 and its median gross rent $2,631.
How to enroll as a provider in Orange County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Orange 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 Fountain Valley
The city adds no license of its own; state rules decide which job you can take. A family hiring you straight for non-medical help needs nothing more than your agreement and the paperwork for a household employee. Right At Home, Senior Helpers, Always Best Care and H3Assist hold CDSS home care organization licenses at Fountain Valley addresses, and they can send out only aides whose names appear on the state's Home Care Aide Registry. Nursing assistant posts at UCI Health, Orange Coast and Fountain Valley Post Acute call for CDPH certification; the home health agencies and hospices each hold a CDPH license as well. IHSS providers enroll through the county's Public Authority in Santa Ana. Live Scan fingerprints can be taken at several Fountain Valley shops on Brookhurst and Newhope streets. Abuse you see on the job must be reported. Details: the requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Fountain Valley
Where Fountain Valley aides train, apply and get fingerprinted, confirmed in October 2026 on each organization's site or in state licensing data.
- Golden West College, Certified Nurse Assistant (noncredit)A CDPH-approved course that runs 16 weeks, split into 60 hours of theory and 100 clinical hours in hospital, assisted living and long-term care settings, after which students sit the state competency exam. Open to applicants 16 and older with a GWC application on file; an information session is required.
- Coastline College Student Services CenterCoastline's admissions, assessment, counseling and financial aid offices are at 11460 Warner Avenue in Fountain Valley; (714) 241-6209. Useful if you plan to add college credit to aide experience.
- Home health agencies on Newhope Street and Warner AvenueCDPH lists, among others, Compassionate Care Home Health (17220 Newhope St.), Stable Home Health (17155 Newhope St.), New Hope Home Health (17195 Newhope St.), Luly Home Health (11749 Edinger Ave.) and Gift of Life Home Health (11770 Warner Ave.). Ask each which aide roles it fills.
- Home care organizations licensed by CDSSRight At Home (17155 Newhope St., Ste. O), Always Best Care (17151 Newhope St.), H3Assist (17280 Newhope St.) and Senior Helpers (18384 Brookhurst St.) employ non-medical aides who must be on the Home Care Aide Registry.
- Live Scan in Fountain ValleyThe Attorney General's Orange County list includes The UPS Store #4879 at 17870 Newhope St., AIM Mail Center at 16027 Brookhurst St. and a Certifix site at The UPS Store #0351, 18627 Brookhurst St. IHSS applicants must bring the Public Authority's own Live Scan form.
The area
Fountain Valley in numbers
The Department of Finance put Fountain Valley at 56,596 residents at the start of 2026. The 2020–2024 American Community Survey describes an older population than the county as a whole: median age 44.4, with 11,640 residents (20.7%) aged 65 or older and 1,680 aged 85 or older. Of the city's 18,778 households, 7,938 (42.3%) include someone 65 or older, and about 2,200 are older people living alone, three in four of them women. Among residents 65 and up, 31.2% report a disability. Owner-occupied homes make up 64.8% of the housing, with a median value of $1,072,300.
Care settings are unusually dense. The CDSS facility layer updated October 19, 2026 shows 49 licensed elder residential care facilities in 92708, with 896 beds between them: 46 six-bed homes and three large communities, Seaside Terrace on La Alameda Avenue (250), Carmel Village on San Mateo Street (220) and Park View Estates on Warner Avenue (150). Two dialysis clinics operate on Newhope Street and Euclid Street. Nearby pages: Huntington Beach, Westminster, Costa Mesa and Garden Grove.
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How to find private caregiver jobs in Fountain Valley (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Fountain Valley
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Fountain Valley is part of Orange 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 2026-10-20):
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, Minimum Wage FAQ
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- IHSS Public Authority of Orange County, provider enrollment
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025) and current facility layer (October 19, 2026)
- Golden West College, Certified Nurse Assistant (noncredit)
- Coastline College, locations
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Orange County
- City of Fountain Valley, Senior Transportation Services (HOP ON)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Fountain Valley city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Fountain Valley: frequently asked questions
Which hospitals in Fountain Valley hire nursing assistants?
Two acute care hospitals are licensed in the city: UCI Health–Fountain Valley on Euclid Street (293 beds, plus a 107-bed Warner Avenue site) and MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center on Talbert Avenue (221 beds). Hospital aide posts call for CDPH nurse assistant certification; check each hospital's career page for openings.
Is there a nursing home in Fountain Valley?
Fountain Valley Post Acute at 11680 Warner Avenue is the city's skilled nursing facility, licensed for 151 beds. A post-acute shift pattern can sit alongside private clients on your days off.
Can I work for an assisted living home in Fountain Valley without a certificate?
Possibly. 46 of the 49 licensed elder care facilities in 92708 are six-bed homes, and three are large communities. Ask each one what training it requires before a first shift and what paperwork it needs from you.
What does IHSS pay for a Fountain Valley client?
$18.90 an hour, the Orange County provider wage in effect from January 1, 2026. Because IHSS pays by the client's county of residence, clients in Garden Grove or Costa Mesa bring the same rate.
Does Fountain Valley have a higher minimum wage?
No. Fountain Valley has passed no wage law of its own that the Labor Center tracks, so $16.90, the state floor, is the starting point for household jobs.
Can I ride along when a client uses the city's HOP ON taxi program?
Yes, if you are registered. The city asks a caregiver who accompanies a HOP ON rider to fill in its caregiver application form, separate from the rider's own application.
How do Fountain Valley families find caregivers here?
They post on the Fountain Valley family page, and those requests appear above. Building a profile costs nothing, and CaregiverConnect takes no cut of what a family pays you.
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