Caregiver Jobs in Lost Hills, CA
Lost Hills, an unincorporated Kern County community, had about 1,900 residents in the latest Census estimate. Care requests from ZIP 93249 appear above when families publish them; widen the radius to take in Wasco and Shafter as well.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Lost Hills
There is no town hall in Lost Hills. It is a census-designated place, governed directly by Kern County, which means the clinic, the library stop, the bus and the family support services a caregiver will use here belong to the county, Kern Transit, a school district, a nonprofit health center or a private employer. The ACS 2020–2024 estimate counts 1,926 residents (margin of error 414) living in 488 households. It is a very young place: the median age is 25.1, and only 105 people, 5.5% of residents, are 65 or older. Just 86 of the 488 homes, or 17.6%, include anyone that old.
The likely jobs are a few hours with a grandparent in a multigenerational house during working hours, help for an adult with a disability, or a stretch of extra support after an illness. Spanish is close to essential. In the ACS, 94.9% of Lost Hills residents over age four use Spanish at home and 58.6% rate their English below very well. Open your profile with your Spanish level and whether you drive; the profile guide shows how to lay out the remaining sections.
Families looking for private caregivers near Lost Hills, CA
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No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Los Angeles, CA, about 135 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Kern County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Lost Hills
Expect requests for morning help with bathing, dressing and breakfast, someone to stay with an older relative during a long work shift, rides to the Omni Family Health clinic on Paso Robles Highway or to specialists out of town, and IHSS hours that a relative already holds and would like to split. Without paid experience, start with companionship and cooking; families keep lifting, transfers and memory care for people with a track record.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Lost Hills: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Bakersfield–Delano, CA metro (Kern 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, Bakersfield–Delano, CA metro (Kern County) | $16.50 median ($16.92 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 17,270 jobs; concentration 1.84× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Kern County | $17.90 | CDSS; effective July 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.
Kern County projection: 14,340 aide jobs in 2023 to 19,940 in 2033 (+39.1%), about 30,570 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
About 5.8% of Lost Hills's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is above California's 5.3% but well below Kern County's 8.7%, so Lost Hills is not worse off than its county on this measure. EDD builds figures for small unincorporated places from county totals, so read it as approximate: the monthly values ranged from 5.4% to 6.4% in a labor force of roughly 800. The ACS shows how the local economy is built: 48.7% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining, and just 6.9% in schools, health care and social services. Paid care at home does not depend on that one sector, and an hour approved by Kern County IHSS is worth $17.90.
Private families here have modest budgets. ACS puts the median household income at $45,976, with 24.2% of people under the poverty line, so expect private offers close to $16.90. No Kern County jurisdiction appears in UC Berkeley's local minimum wage inventory, which leaves the state rate as the Lost Hills floor. For a shift past nine hours, or a week past 45, the state's personal-attendant overtime rule adds half the hourly rate; agree on it before you start.
How to enroll as a provider in Kern County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Kern 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 Lost Hills
Working straight for a Lost Hills household on non-medical tasks requires no state license, and registry listing becomes compulsory only under an agency employer. IHSS pay depends on finishing Kern County's five steps: an online provider account and the enrollment videos, Live Scan fingerprints that you pay for, a mandatory in-person orientation (Spanish sessions require fluent Spanish), a signed provider packet for each client, and registration in the state Electronic Services Portal for timesheets. Lost Hills has no Live Scan site on the Attorney General's list; the listings in neighboring towns include the Kern County Sheriff's Wasco Substation at 748 F Street (appointments on Wednesdays and Thursdays, $10 fee) and Shafter Pack and Ship at 217 Central Avenue in Shafter ($30, weekday walk-ins). Nursing tasks and facility jobs call for CDPH CNA certification, and California treats a paid elder caregiver as a mandated abuse reporter. Statewide detail is in the requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Lost Hills
Places in and beyond Lost Hills that matter for this work; we read every entry on its operator's site in October 2026.
- Kern Transit Route 115, Lost Hills to Wasco (by request)Runs on Thursdays only, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and only when booked: call 800-323-2396, option 1, at least a day ahead. Lost Hills stops are the trailer park on Lost Hills Road and the post office on Highway 46; in Wasco the bus stops at City Hall on 8th Street and at Walmart on Highway 46 (schedule archived February 2026).
- Omni Family Health, Lost Hills21138 Paso Robles Highway, (866) 707-6664. Medical visits run 8 to 5 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with a lunch break, dentistry on the second and fourth Thursday, and behavioral health by telehealth only for now. Medi-Cal, Medicare and Denti-Cal are accepted, and insurance is not required to be seen.
- Bakersfield College, Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide programsThe CNA class combines classroom lessons with clinical training in vital signs, infection control and help with bathing, dressing and feeding, and prepares you for the California Nurse Assistant Competency Exam. The college also lists a separate Home Health Aide (HHA) program.
- Kern County Library bookmobile and Wasco BranchThe bookmobile visits Lost Hills every Tuesday: Wonderful Prep Academy, 14848 Lamberson Avenue, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., then Lost Hills Elementary, 20979 Lobos Court, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The Wasco Branch is at 1102 7th Street, (661) 758-2114, open Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Lost Hills Family Resource Center14823 Office Lane, (661) 797-3062. Lists Medi-Cal enrollment help, local resource referrals and a food commodities day on the third Friday of each month (Kern County Network for Children, June 2026).
Lost Hills in numbers
Every figure here is an ACS 2020–2024 estimate for a small place, so the margins are wide. Lost Hills is counted as 100.0% Hispanic or Latino, and 43.5% of its people are foreign-born. Most households rent (59.4%), paying a median $841, and owners value their homes at a median $187,500. Most workers drive alone (84.5%) and the average trip to work takes 21.8 minutes; 4.5% of households have no vehicle. Among residents aged 65 and over, 45.7% report a disability (margin 26.9 points), and 9.3% of all residents lack health insurance.
A private employer also runs health services here. The Wonderful Company says its Family Wellness Center, on the campus of Wonderful College Prep Academy, gives free primary care, generic prescriptions, counseling and physical therapy to every household member of a student there, and that a free community fitness center opened in Lost Hills in July 2022. For county programs, read the Kern County page; related town pages are Wasco and Shafter.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Lost Hills (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Lost Hills
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Lost Hills is part of Kern 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
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Lost Hills CDP
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Bakersfield-Delano, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Kern County
- Kern County Aging and Adult Services, Become a Provider (archived 2026)
- Kern Transit, Route 115 (archived February 13, 2026)
- Omni Family Health, Lost Hills location
- Bakersfield College, Nurse Assistant Training Program
- Kern County Library, hours, locations and bookmobile schedule
- Kern County Network for Children, Family Resource Centers and Collaboratives, June 2026
- Wonderful CSR, Advancing rural health care in Lost Hills
Caregiver jobs in Lost Hills: frequently asked questions
Where is the nearest place to get IHSS fingerprints from Lost Hills?
Not in town. The Attorney General's Kern list includes the Sheriff's Wasco Substation on F Street, which takes appointments on Wednesday and Thursday for a $10 fee, and a pack-and-ship store on Central Avenue in Shafter that accepts walk-ins on weekdays for $30. Call ahead to confirm.
Is there a bus out of Lost Hills?
Only one, and only on Thursdays. Kern Transit Route 115 runs to Wasco between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. if you book it by phone the day before. It will not get you to a daily shift, so most caregivers working here drive.
What hourly rate does IHSS pay in Lost Hills?
Lost Hills is in Kern County, so a provider earns the Kern rate of $17.90 per authorized hour, effective July 1, 2026.
Is Spanish required for caregiving jobs in Lost Hills?
No law requires it. Still, the ACS finds Spanish in almost every Lost Hills home, and more than half of residents report limited English. A bilingual caregiver will find it far easier to take instructions, talk with clinic staff and keep the family informed.
Where can I take a CNA class if I live in Lost Hills?
Bakersfield College runs a nurse assistant program, with clinical training and preparation for the state competency exam, and lists a home health aide course as well. Ask its counselors about class days and times before you enroll, and plan how you will get there.
Where do Lost Hills households post their requests?
On the Lost Hills family page; each request is mirrored here. You never pay to keep a profile or to apply, and we take nothing from your wages.
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