Caregiver Jobs in Oildale, CA

Oildale is not a city. It is an unincorporated community in Kern County, a census-designated place of about 34,700 people whose mail is addressed to Bakersfield 93308, so a search for "caregiver jobs oildale" turns up almost nothing while the work itself is real. The postings on this page are collected from within 50 miles, which is the whole Bakersfield metro, and a caregiver living in Oildale should read the Bakersfield page as well. What makes Oildale distinct is who lives here: 13.0% of residents are 65 or over against 11.3% in the city, 16.3% have a disability, a quarter live below the poverty line and 34.9% of households receive CalFresh. That is the profile of a place where many older people qualify for IHSS, and where the paid caregiver is often a neighbour or relative holding an IHSS case rather than a private hire at a premium rate.

Two things set an Oildale profile apart. First, you can work here without a car: GET route 22 runs between CSUB and Oildale and route 45 serves Oildale and Foothill, at $1.65 a ride or $0.80 for riders 65 and over, with GET-A-Lift paratransit for clients who cannot board a bus. Second, language matters less than elsewhere in the county: 18.4% of residents speak Spanish at home, against 35.8% in Bakersfield, so an English-only caregiver has more of a market here than in the valley towns. Say on your profile that you are based north of the river; Bakersfield families in the north-east, around the Panorama bluffs and Memorial Hospital, are within a short drive. No caregivers have joined from Oildale yet, so the first local profiles will be seen by every family in the area.

Oildale is unincorporated, so county and state rules apply directly. A caregiver hired by a family for non-medical care needs no licence; the Home Care Aide Registry is mandatory for agency aides and voluntary ($35, Live Scan) for independents. IHSS providers enrol through the Kern County Public Authority on Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield, which handles the application, fingerprinting and the required in-person orientation. Facility work and nursing tasks need a CDPH nurse assistant certificate; Bakersfield College's Nurse Assistant Training Program at the Panorama campus is on GET route 21 and route 41 from the city and is the closest training to Oildale. Everyone paid to care for an elder is a mandated reporter; Kern's 24-hour abuse line is (800) 277-7866. See the requirements guide.