Caregiver Jobs in Grover Beach, CA
Grover Beach is a city of 12,502 in southern San Luis Obispo County with a licensed home health agency, four small elder care homes and two adult day programs. Postings from Grover Beach households land in the list above when they go live.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Grover Beach
Most care work in Grover Beach is for older residents at home, and the city's licensed employers are small. On CDPH's October 16, 2026 facility data, Grover Beach has Mission Home Health of Central Coast at 200 South 13th Street, a home health agency that is both licensed and Medicare-certified, and Brighton Avenue Home, a six-bed intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities. The same CDPH file has no Grover Beach hospital or skilled nursing facility on it. State community care licensing data (layer updated October 19, 2026) adds four licensed elder care homes (RCFEs) with 20 places: TLC Senior Care on Nice Avenue and Parkview Village II on Baden Avenue with six each, and Full Circle Residence I on Huntington Avenue and Heritage Residence on Baden Avenue with four each. Two licensed adult day programs are also here, PathPoint on Grand Avenue (45 places) and The Learning Center on West Grand Avenue (50).
The May 2025 state home care file shows two agencies that once had Grover Beach addresses, both marked closed, and none currently licensed. That leaves private households as the main source of non-medical work. ACS 2020–2024 counts 1,600 Grover Beach households (32.4% of 4,945) with someone 65 or older, and 426 where an older person lives alone. Disability is common among older residents: 46.6% of those 65-plus report one, which points to bathing, transfers and mobility work. Spanish is the home language of 25.1% of Grover Beach residents five and older, and 12.2% speak Spanish while reporting English below the very-well level; caregivers fluent in both should make that visible.
Families looking for private caregivers near Grover Beach, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Grover Beach
Grover Beach families tend to ask for early-day help getting washed and dressed, weekday afternoons with lunch and conversation, rides to clinic visits elsewhere in South County, and short-term cover after a hospital or rehab stay, sometimes alongside visits from a home health nurse. For people new to the work, companionship, housekeeping and errands are the realistic way in; experience in a small care home, an adult day program or a home health agency makes personal-care posts easier to win.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Grover Beach: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo 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, San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo County) | $16.50 median ($17.65 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 4,160 jobs; concentration 1.23× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Luis Obispo County | $21.40 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo County) | $22.52 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
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 3.4% of Grover Beach's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. San Luis Obispo County averaged 4.4% and California 5.3% over that stretch. The city's labor force averaged about 6,458 people, and the monthly rate ran from 2.8% to 3.8%.
IHSS work for a Grover Beach client pays $21.40 an hour, San Luis Obispo County's provider rate since January 1, 2026; see our county IHSS guide for how to enroll. Grover Beach has no wage ordinance in the Labor Center's July 23, 2026 inventory, which means the least a household can legally pay you is the state rate, $16.90. ACS puts the median household income at $86,458 and the poverty rate at 11.8%, while median gross rent is $2,061 and 51.3% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on it. Price your hours with both facts in mind. Write overtime into any agreement too: under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, personal attendants earn 1.5 times their rate beyond 9 hours a day and beyond 45 hours a week.
How to enroll as a provider in San Luis Obispo County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Luis Obispo 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 Grover Beach
Working privately for a Grover Beach family, you need no license for companionship, meals or help with bathing. A home health agency such as Mission Home Health works under a CDPH license, so ask it which certificate its aide roles require. Small elder care homes and adult day programs are licensed by CDSS and train staff to its rules. Agency home care, should you move into it, requires a current Home Care Aide Registry entry; it costs $35 and runs two years. IHSS providers enroll with the county Public Authority on (805) 474-2055, watch the orientation videos and complete Live Scan fingerprinting before being paid. The law (WIC §15630) also treats caregivers as mandated reporters of elder and dependent-adult abuse. Statewide rules are collected in our caregiver requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Grover Beach
Where Grover Beach caregivers can train, find licensed employers and catch a bus, checked at each source in October 2026.
- Cuesta College Nursing Assistant certificateNAST 148 (lecture) with NAST 148L (skills) is a nine-week program that includes clinical hours in local extended care facilities and prepares you for the state exam. It is offered in fall, spring and summer; the South County Center phone is (805) 474-3913.
- Mission Home Health of Central CoastLicensed and Medicare-certified home health agency, 200 South 13th Street, Suites 204 and 205, (888) 710-0766 (CDPH listing, October 2026).
- Elder care homes and adult day programsCDSS licenses TLC Senior Care, Parkview Village II, Full Circle Residence I and Heritage Residence (20 places in total), plus PathPoint at 775 Grand Avenue and The Learning Center at 1610 West Grand Avenue.
- South County Transit Routes 21 and 24The Five Cities loops stop on West Grand at 13th and 16th and at Ramona Garden Park, linking Grover Beach with Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach. Cash fare is $1.50.
- South County Transit Routes 27 and 28Both start at Ramona Garden Park and run hourly through Grover Beach, Oceano and Arroyo Grande; Route 27 runs Monday to Friday and Route 28 seven days a week.
Grover Beach in numbers
Department of Finance demographers put Grover Beach at 12,502 people as of January 1, 2026. The ACS for 2020–2024 records a median age of 40.5, with 2,249 people (17.8%) aged 65 or older, 473 of them 75 to 84 and 234 aged 85-plus. Only 62 residents live in group quarters. About half of homes (50.5%) are owner-occupied, at a median value of $727,500, so many caregivers and clients here rent.
Some 38.1% of residents are Hispanic or Latino. Workers have a mean commute of 20.2 minutes, 73.4% drive alone, and 0.6% ride transit. Schools, hospitals, clinics and social services together employ 20.2% of working residents, by the ACS industry count. Among residents 65 and over, the poverty rate is 8.9%. The city's Community Center at 1230 Trouville Avenue hosts classes such as Tai Chi that can be done in a chair or with a walker, worth knowing if you accompany a client. Nearby pages: Arroyo Grande, Nipomo, San Luis Obispo and Guadalupe (Santa Barbara County, with its own IHSS rate).
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Caregiver jobs near Grover Beach
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Grover Beach is part of San Luis Obispo County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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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, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA (data.bls.gov OES table, area 0042020)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 23, 2026)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees (Home Care Aide Registry)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (May 25, 2025) and current facility layer (October 19, 2026)
- County of San Luis Obispo DSS, Public Authority (IHSS)
- Cuesta College, CNA program information
- SLO Regional Transit Authority, South County Routes 21, 24, 27 and 28
- SLO Regional Transit Authority, fares (April 6, 2026)
- City of Grover Beach, Facilities and Recreation Programs
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and table B26001, Grover Beach city
Caregiver jobs in Grover Beach: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment high in Grover Beach?
No. EDD's estimates average about 3.4% for Grover Beach from August 2025 through August 2026, lower than San Luis Obispo County (4.4%) and California (5.3%).
Is there a home health agency in Grover Beach?
Yes. CDPH lists Mission Home Health of Central Coast on South 13th Street as a licensed, Medicare-certified home health agency. Ask it directly about aide openings and the certificate it requires.
Are there assisted living homes in Grover Beach that hire caregivers?
Four small licensed elder care homes operate in the city, with 20 resident places among them, and two adult day programs, PathPoint and The Learning Center, are licensed on Grand Avenue.
What does IHSS pay in Grover Beach?
$21.40 an hour; the county adopted that figure effective January 1, 2026. It is set for all of San Luis Obispo County, so it is the same for a client in Grover Beach, Nipomo or Arroyo Grande.
Is there a Grover Beach minimum wage above $16.90?
No. The city has no ordinance in the Labor Center's July 2026 list; a Grover Beach household employer therefore owes no less than the $16.90 California sets.
Can I reach clients in Grover Beach by bus?
Often. South County Transit Routes 21 and 24 stop along West Grand Avenue, and Routes 27 and 28 run hourly from Ramona Garden Park. Seniors 65 to 79 ride for $0.75.
Where do Grover Beach families post jobs?
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