Caregiver Jobs in Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix is a city in Maricopa County, and the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 series counts 1,665,481 people there on July 1, 2025, up from an April 2020 base of 1,608,349. The ACS 2020–2024 profile finds 12.2% of residents aged 65 or over (200,993 people) and a median age of 34.9. For home care, the household figures say more: one Phoenix household in four (24.5%) includes someone 65 or older, and 32.2% of the city's 65-plus population has a disability. Women over 65 living on their own head 5.5% of Phoenix households; for men over 65 the share is 3.4%.

On CaregiverConnect a family writes the job, names the hours and rate, and talks to you without an agency in between. In a city this size the useful setting is your travel radius, not the city name, because two addresses can both be "in Phoenix" and still be a long way apart. Name the neighborhoods or cross streets you will travel to, say if you own a car, and say if you use Valley Metro. With 6.6% of Phoenix households lacking a vehicle and only 1.9% of workers commuting by public transportation (ACS), a line such as "I drive, and I can take your father to his appointments" answers the transport question before a family has to ask it.

Language counts here as well. At home, 35.9% of Phoenix residents aged five or older use some language besides English, Spanish for 29.1%, and 12.5% rate their own English under "very well". A bilingual caregiver should lead the profile with Spanish.

The Arizona rules cited here attach to employers and licensed settings. Under A.R.S. § 36-411, workers giving direct care for a home health agency, nursing care institution or residential care institution need a fingerprint clearance card or must apply for one within 20 working days of starting. Assisted living caregiver courses run at least 62 hours, 50 of instruction and 12 of supervised skills (A.A.C. R4-33-703). An agency serving ALTCS members must use direct care workers who pass the AHCCCS competency tests within 90 days of hire, and AMPM Policy 1240-A requires a nationwide criminal background check at hire and every three years plus a yearly search of the APS registry. A.R.S. § 46-454 requires anyone responsible for a vulnerable adult's care who suspects abuse, neglect or exploitation to report it at once to a peace officer or to Adult Protective Services central intake, by phone or online. The Arizona page covers the state as a whole.