Caregiver Jobs in Keyes, CA
Keyes is an unincorporated community of about 5,600 people northwest of the City of Turlock, where seven in ten residents speak Spanish at home. Family postings near 95328 appear above when they are published.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Keyes
Keyes is a census-designated place, not a city. Stanislaus County governs it, and the Keyes Community Services District, formed on June 20, 1955, provides water, sewer and street lighting from an office at 5601 7th Street. In its 2020 review, Stanislaus LAFCO counted about 1,350 district customers on roughly 478 acres, described an arsenic treatment plant built for the district's four wells, and noted that by 2010 Census income data Keyes meets the state definition of a disadvantaged unincorporated community. Mobile home parks around the district edge were then on their own water and sewer systems.
No hospital, clinic, nursing home, home health agency, home care organization or residential care home lists a Keyes address in the CDPH and CDSS files checked in October 2026. Paid care work in town is therefore private hire or IHSS. The single most useful line in a Keyes profile is your language: ACS 2020–2024 finds that 71.0% of residents five and older speak Spanish at home, so write your profile in both languages if you can, and add 95328 so nearby families find you.
Families looking for private caregivers near Keyes, CA
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No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 84 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Stanislaus County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Keyes
ACS counts 635 Keyes residents aged 65 or older, 96 of them 85 or older, and 421 households with at least one older member. Only about 127 older residents live alone, so many requests come from households where a parent or grandparent lives with working relatives: personal care and meals during the day, supervision while adults are at work, and rides to appointments. Expect to work alongside family members and follow the routines they have set. Housekeeping, cooking and companionship are where newcomers start.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Keyes: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Modesto, CA metro (Stanislaus 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, Modesto, CA metro (Stanislaus County) | $16.50 median ($17.20 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 9,160 jobs; concentration 1.7× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Stanislaus County | $18.75 | CDSS; effective July 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Modesto, CA metro (Stanislaus County) | $22.38 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 6.1% of Keyes's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is below the Stanislaus County rate of 7.0% but above California's 5.3%. EDD models small places like Keyes from county figures, so the number is approximate; it describes a labor force of about 2,350, with monthly values from 5.6% to 6.5%. Incomes are lower than in much of the county: ACS puts median household income at $64,524 and 23.5% of residents below the poverty line. IHSS gives regular paid hours at $18.75 in Stanislaus County from July 1, 2026, including for relatives (see the Stanislaus County IHSS guide). No local ordinance covers unincorporated Keyes on the UC Berkeley Labor Center list, so private work must pay at least $16.90. Nursing assistants in the Modesto metro earned a $22.38 median in May 2025.
How to enroll as a provider in Stanislaus County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Stanislaus 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 Keyes
California's rules apply unchanged in Keyes. You do not need a license to give a family non-medical care directly. Home care organizations must place their aides on the Home Care Aide Registry, which independent caregivers may join voluntarily. Nursing home, hospital and home health aide jobs need CDPH certification. To work through IHSS, phone Stanislaus County on (209) 558-2637 if a recipient has picked you, or StanLink2Care on (209) 558-1650 to join the registry; both routes include Live Scan fingerprinting and a Department of Justice check, and some convictions bar enrollment for ten years. You must report suspected elder or dependent adult abuse to APS, 1-800-336-4316, any hour. The requirements guide has the details.
Training and career resources near Keyes
Training and practical help for Keyes caregivers, confirmed on each source's own pages in October 2026.
- StanRTA route 29TContinues once an hour from route 29 through Ceres and Keyes to Turlock. A $2 cash fare buys a full day of rides; seniors, Medicare card holders and riders with disabilities pay $1, and a 31-day pass costs $40.
- MJC Nurse Assistant programOne semester (NURSE 52, 5.5 units) of 60 hours of instruction, online or in person, and 100 supervised clinical hours, then the state CNA exam at MJC. Certified nursing assistants can add the 54-hour home health aide course for about $90. Allied Health: (209) 575-6362; financial aid: (209) 575-7700.
- Ceres and Turlock nursing homesCDPH lists Ceres Postacute Care at 1711 Richland Avenue (46 beds) and, in Turlock, Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (144 beds) and Main West Postacute Care (99), among others. These hire certified nursing assistants.
- Keyes Library (closed for renovation)The branch inside the Keyes Community Center, 5506 Jennie Avenue, is shut while the building is upgraded and a larger library space is built; the county expects it to reopen in December 2026. Until then it points users to the Ceres, Denair, Hughson and Turlock libraries, all within 10 miles.
- Turlock Job CenterCounty workforce services at 1310 W. Main St., Turlock; (209) 342-1860. Open weekdays except the third Thursday of each month.
Keyes in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 estimates 5,577 residents in Keyes CDP, ±1,074, on 1.57 square miles of land (Census gazetteer). Median age is 32.7 and 11.4% of residents are 65 or older. About 78.4% are Hispanic or Latino and 30.6% were born outside the United States; 75.1% of those five and up speak a language other than English at home. Of the 1,614 households, 26.1% include someone 65 or older and about 127 are older people living alone. Disability affects 17.0% of residents 65 and over. Poverty is 18.6% among older residents, well above the 5.2% ACS reports for nearby Denair. Most homes (71.7%) are owner-occupied, with a median value of $344,100 and median gross rent of $1,546; 47.5% of residents have public health coverage, which includes Medi-Cal and Medicare.
Nearby job markets: Ceres, Turlock and Denair. County-wide information is on the Stanislaus County page.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Keyes (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Keyes
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Keyes is part of Stanislaus County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Elsewhere in Stanislaus County: Patterson · Oakdale · Newman · Salida
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
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles DP02–DP05, Keyes CDP
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer, places in California
- Stanislaus LAFCO, MSR and SOI Update, Denair and Keyes Community Services Districts (Keyes CSD adopted January 22, 2020)
- CDPH, licensed and certified healthcare facility locations (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Modesto, CA (31-1120, 31-1131)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- StanRTA, routes and schedules
- StanRTA, fares
- Stanislaus County Library, locations and hours
- Modesto Junior College, Nurse Assistant program
- Stanislaus County Workforce Development, job center locations
- StanLink2Care (IHSS Public Authority)
- Stanislaus County CSA, Adult Services (IHSS, APS)
Caregiver jobs in Keyes: frequently asked questions
Do I need to speak Spanish to find care work in Keyes?
Not always, but it helps a great deal. ACS finds 71.0% of Keyes residents aged five and over speak Spanish at home, so a bilingual profile reaches far more families.
Is there a care home or clinic in Keyes I could apply to?
No licensed facility of that kind has a Keyes address in the current state files. The nursing homes CDPH lists in Ceres and Turlock are facility employers you can approach, and route 29T links Keyes with both cities.
Is Keyes worse off for jobs than the rest of Stanislaus County?
Not by EDD's measure: Keyes averaged an estimated 6.1% unemployment in the year to August 2026, under the county's 7.0%. The estimate is modeled from county data. Household incomes and poverty are less favorable, according to ACS.
Can I be paid by IHSS to care for my grandmother in Keyes?
Yes, if she qualifies. She applies to Stanislaus County, names you as her provider, and you complete enrollment and Live Scan fingerprinting; the county then pays $18.75 an hour for authorized hours.
Where can I print or fax paperwork while the Keyes Library is closed?
The county suggests the Ceres, Denair, Hughson or Turlock branches until Keyes reopens, expected in December 2026. The Denair branch has a document station for scanning and faxing.
Where do Keyes families post care requests?
On the Keyes family page, which shows caregivers nearest 95328 first.
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