Caregiver Jobs in Lakeport, CA
Lakeport is the smaller of Lake County's two cities, home to 4,923 people in the Department of Finance's January 2026 count, yet it hosts a hospital, two nursing homes, hospice and home health offices. IHSS providers here earn Lake County's $17.55 an hour, and new Lakeport requests are added to the list above as households post them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Lakeport
For a city of under 5,000 people, Lakeport has an unusual number of places that hire aides. In CDPH's licensing file dated October 16, 2026, Lakeport addresses cover two skilled nursing facilities, Rocky Point Care Center on 16th Street with 90 licensed beds and Lakeport Post Acute on Craig Avenue with 81; Sutter Lakeside Hospital on Hill Road East, a 27-bed critical access hospital with a basic emergency room; Sutter Care at Home, a licensed home health agency, also on Hill Road East; Hospice Services of Lake County on Parallel Drive; and a 23-station dialysis center on Peckham Court. The May 2025 CDSS files add one elder care home, Edelweiss Guest Home on Pool Street (15 residents), one licensed home care organization, Home With Us, on 19th Street, and an adult day program on Eleventh Street licensed for 40.
That mix gives you two routes. Nursing-home jobs require a nursing assistant certificate, and the course is taught in town. Private and IHSS work happens in clients' homes, and Lakeport's population is old enough to keep that steady: in ACS 2020–2024, 25.8% of residents are 65 or over and nearly half of households (48.9%) include someone that age. Use 95453 as your profile ZIP and list any facility experience; families whose parent is leaving Rocky Point or Lakeport Post Acute will ask.
Families looking for private caregivers near Lakeport, CA
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No open postings in Lakeport right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Westport, CA, about 63 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Lake County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Lakeport
Expect requests shaped by an older, settled population: in 455 Lakeport homes someone aged 65-plus lives by themselves, and ACS 2020–2024 records a disability for 45.7% of the city's noninstitutionalized seniors. Requests include showering and dressing first thing, cooking, medication reminders, rides to the hospital, the dialysis center or the Social Security office, and company between visits from home health or hospice nurses. A newcomer can start with companionship, shopping and cooking, then take on transfers and personal care after training.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Lakeport: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino counties); 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, North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino counties) | $16.74 median ($17.16 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 10,140 jobs; concentration 3.34× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Lake County | $17.55 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino counties) | $23.12 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 4.1% of Lakeport's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Lake County ran at 7.2% over those months, California at 5.3%. Lakeport's labor force is small, about 1,600 people on EDD's count, and EDD estimates for small places can move from month to month; here the monthly rate ran between 3.4% and 4.7%. For your own earnings, the IHSS rate is the figure to know: Lake County pays providers $17.55 an hour, and the Lake County IHSS guide covers enrollment.
BLS groups Lake with three other North Coast counties for wage data. Aides there had a $16.74 median in May 2025, while nursing assistants had $23.12, a gap of more than $6 an hour, which is the case for taking the local CNA course. Berkeley's Labor Center shows no Lakeport ordinance as of July 2026, so private clients pay at least the state's $16.90, and the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights treats a personal attendant's tenth daily hour, or any weekly hour past 45, as overtime.
How to enroll as a provider in Lake County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Lake 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 Lakeport
No state license is required when a Lakeport household pays you itself for non-medical care. Working for Home With Us or another home care organization means a current Home Care Aide Registry listing, a $35 fee for two years. Nursing assistant jobs at Rocky Point and Lakeport Post Acute require CDPH certification. IHSS providers enroll online with Lake County, then sit an in-person orientation, with photo ID and an uncopied Social Security card in matching names, and fingerprinting is booked at that session. The county office is in Lower Lake, (707) 995-4680. WIC §15630 makes you a mandated reporter. More in California caregiver requirements.
Training and career resources near Lakeport
Courses, a college center and a bus route inside Lakeport, as each organization described them in October 2026.
- LCOE Medical Training Programs: CNA and medical assistantThe Lake County Office of Education teaches nursing assistant theory on Monday evenings at Hance Education Center, 1510 Argonaut Road, while clinical hours take place at Rocky Point Care Center on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. The $1,500 fee covers instruction, books, equipment, fingerprinting, drug screening and the state exam; vaccinations, closed-toe black or white shoes and a watch with a second hand are extra. The next CNA cohort runs February to May 2027. LCOE also runs a nine-month medical assistant program based in Lakeport ($4,550).
- Mendocino College Lake Center2565 Parallel Drive, (707) 263-4944. Fall, spring and summer classes, academic counseling, a learning lab with student computers, Wi-Fi in the buildings and parking lot, and a food pantry for registered students. It is also a stop on Lake Transit Route 8.
- Lakeport Library and Tech TuesdayThe main county library, 1425 N. High Street, (707) 263-8817, is open Tuesday to Saturday, until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. Tech Tuesday, 10 to 4, offers free help with your own device, useful if the IHSS online enrollment or timesheet system is new to you.
- Lake Transit Route 8, Lakeport CityA roughly hourly loop from early morning into the evening, stopping at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lakeside Health Center, Third and Main, the Social Security office, the Senior Center and Mendocino College; some trips run weekdays only and a few are suspended. Local fare $1.25, or $0.75 for riders 65 and over. Regional Routes 1, 4, 4A and 7 connect Lakeport with Clearlake, Kit's Corner and Ukiah.
Lakeport in numbers
The Department of Finance counted 4,923 Lakeport residents on January 1, 2026, down from 4,942 a year before. Lakeport's median age in ACS 2020–2024 is 42.1; 1,321 residents are 65 or older and 251 are 85-plus. The survey counts 200 people in group quarters, and the city has two licensed nursing homes; ACS disability figures cover only people living outside institutions. Only 41.9% of residents 16 and over are in the labor force, and 51.5% of households receive Social Security. Median household income is $68,518, owners occupy 75.7% of homes, 15.5% of housing units are mobile homes, and median gross rent is $1,063. Education, health care and social assistance employ 37.8% of working residents.
Spanish is the home language of just 11.2% of Lakeport residents over age four, so bilingual skills help with some clients but are not the main requirement here. Nearby pages: Kelseyville, Clearlake Oaks, Clearlake and the Lake County page.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Lakeport (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Lakeport
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Lakeport is part of Lake County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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, North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area (via BLS public API)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 23, 2026)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees (Home Care Aide Registry)
- County of Lake, IHSS Provider Enrollment
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- HCAI facility profile, Sutter Lakeside Hospital
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (RCFE, home care organization and adult facility files, May 2025)
- Lake County Office of Education, Medical Training Programs and CNA program details
- Mendocino College, Lake Center
- Lake County Library, branches, hours and Tech Tuesday
- Lake Transit Authority, Route 8 Lakeport City (effective August 31, 2026) and fares
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and table B26001, Lakeport city
Caregiver jobs in Lakeport: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment high in Lakeport?
No. EDD puts Lakeport's average at about 4.1% for August 2025 through August 2026, below Lake County (7.2%) and California (5.3%). With only around 1,600 people in the city's labor force, the estimate shifts from month to month.
Which Lakeport employers hire nursing assistants?
The two skilled nursing facilities, Rocky Point Care Center (90 beds) and Lakeport Post Acute (81 beds), plus Sutter Lakeside Hospital. Two more state-licensed employers sit in town: the Sutter Care at Home home health office and the Parallel Drive hospice.
When does the next Lakeport CNA class start?
LCOE lists a February to May 2027 cohort; applications open only during set periods, and an Apply Now button appears on its Medical Training Programs page when they do. Applicants need to be 18 by the start date, have finished high school or its equivalent, and clear a skills assessment, drug screen and fingerprinting.
What does IHSS pay a Lakeport provider?
$17.55 an hour, the figure CDSS lists for Lake County from January 1, 2026. Clients in Mendocino or Sonoma County are paid at their own county's IHSS rate.
Can I get around Lakeport by bus?
Within town, Route 8 runs about once an hour past the hospital, Lakeside Health Center, the Senior Center and Mendocino College. Lakeport Dial-A-Ride offers curb-to-curb trips on the same days and hours for older and disabled riders ($2.50), booked at (707) 263-3334.
Is there a minimum wage ordinance in Lakeport?
No Lakeport entry appears in UC Berkeley's July 2026 table of local wage laws. California's $16.90 an hour is therefore the lowest a private Lakeport client may pay you.
Where do Lakeport families post jobs?
On the Lakeport family page; once published, their requests appear here. Joining is free for Lakeport caregivers, with no commission taken.
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