Caregiver Jobs in Pine Mountain Club, CA
Pine Mountain Club is a mountain community of about 2,800 in southwestern Kern County where a quarter of residents are 65 or older. A free profile that says you live on the mountain and can handle winter roads is what families here look for; the postings above update as families publish them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Pine Mountain Club
No city government exists in Pine Mountain Club, which the Census Bureau classifies as a census-designated place. Day-to-day community services come from the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association, a mutual-benefit nonprofit that runs the clubhouse, a patrol and much of community life, while IHSS, Adult Protective Services and the other public programs belong to Kern County. The association says the club was planned in the 1970s as a vacation and retirement retreat and is now home to full-time residents, families, weekenders and retirees. That mix shows in the numbers: the median age is 48.6, and 40.1% of households include someone 65 or older.
About 12.5% of Pine Mountain Club's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, compared with 8.7% for Kern County and 5.3% for California. Because EDD derives figures for places this small from county data, and only about 1,600 people are in the labor force, read it as a rough estimate. For anyone looking for work close to home, caring for an older neighbor is one of the few steady options that does not mean the long drive down the mountain; county-paid IHSS work is described in the Kern County IHSS guide.
Write your profile for the conditions. Say that you live in Pine Mountain Club or nearby, that you drive, and how you manage snow days; the association warns of heavy snow, icy roads and extended winter closures. Families in Bakersfield can see you only if your travel range is wide.
Families looking for private caregivers near Pine Mountain Club, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Pine Mountain Club by distance. 1 caregiver within 50 miles already have profiles here.
No open postings in Pine Mountain Club right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Los Angeles, CA, about 75 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 Pine Mountain Club
Likely requests: help for a retired couple when one partner's health declines, companionship and errands for someone who lives alone (a man living alone heads 17.3% of households), meal preparation and light housekeeping, rides to the clinic on Askin Drive or the health center in Lebec, and short-term help after surgery in the valley. Personal care needs a track record; companionship is a fair first job.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Pine Mountain Club: 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.
Pine Mountain Club is not a typical Kern market. The ACS median household income is $69,375, close to the county figure, the poverty rate is 10.3%, and 72.0% have private health insurance, so more families here can pay privately than in most Kern towns. The $16.50 metro median and $17.90 IHSS wage are the reference points; the state $16.90 is the only legal floor, since no local ordinance applies, and reliability in winter is something you can reasonably charge for. Price overnight stays and trips to Bakersfield separately.
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 Pine Mountain Club
State rules apply unchanged on the mountain. Non-medical work hired directly by a family needs no license of any kind; agency staff have to register as home care aides with CDSS ($35), and independents may register by choice. IHSS pay starts once you finish Kern's orientation, file forms SOC 426 and SOC 846 and clear Department of Justice fingerprinting, all handled all through Aging and Adult Services in Bakersfield, about 60 road miles away. Kern's IHSS providers bargain through United Domestic Workers of America. CNA work needs CDPH certification. Paid caregivers of elders are mandated reporters; Kern APS takes calls on (800) 277-7866. More in the requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Pine Mountain Club
Services and training a caregiver here can actually reach.
- Kern Aging and Adult Services, IHSS unitEmail ihssinfo@kerncounty.com or call (661) 868-0987. The Bakersfield office that books orientation and keeps the provider registry is about 60 road miles, roughly 75 minutes, from the association office on Beechwood Way.
- Pine Mountain Health Center16233 Askin Drive, Suite A, (661) 242-2592. A Medicare-certified rural health clinic in ZIP 93222 (CDPH lists its mailing city as Frazier Park).
- Clinica Sierra Vista in Lebec704 Lebec Road, Lebec, (833) 678-2781; about 18 road miles from the association office. It is also a stop on Kern Transit Route 130.
- Kern Transit Route 130 and Frazier Park Dial-A-RideRoute 130 links Frazier Park and Lebec with Bakersfield Monday to Saturday; the Frazier Park Dial-A-Ride zone lists Cuddy Valley, Gorman, Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Lebec and Pinon Pines, but not Pine Mountain Club. Call 1-800-323-2396 to ask about pickups.
- Employers' Training ResourceNo-cost employment and training services for job seekers in Kern, Inyo and Mono counties, (661) 325-HIRE. Ask about help paying for a CNA course.
Pine Mountain Club in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 2,838 residents in 1,395 households; 25.2% are 65 or older. Of 2,329 homes, 96.4% are detached single-family houses and 40.1% are vacant, which is what a community of second homes looks like in census data. Owners occupy 82.7% of occupied homes (median value $394,600); the few renters face a median rent of $2,145, and 57.5% of them spend at least 35% of income on it. One resident in four uses a language besides English at home; 7.9% use Spanish. Working residents average a 56.3-minute commute.
The association's emergency page tells residents to call 911 first and lists Hall Ambulance's Frazier Park line, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital among its medical contacts, along with a 24-hour clubhouse line. It also notes bears and mountain lions in the area. The Kern County page has the countywide picture.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Pine Mountain Club (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Pine Mountain Club
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Pine Mountain Club is part of Kern County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Elsewhere in Kern County: Delano · Shafter · Wasco · Tehachapi · Oildale · California City · Mojave · Boron
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), sub-county places, 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 profiles DP02–DP05, Pine Mountain Club CDP (GEOID 0657240)
- Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association, home and about
- Pine Mountain Club POA, Living in Pine Mountain Club (seasonal weather, wildlife)
- Pine Mountain Club POA, emergency contacts
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date 16 Sep 2026)
- Clinica Sierra Vista, locations
- Kern Transit, Route 130 Frazier Park–Bakersfield (archived 25 Jan 2026)
- Kern Transit, Frazier Park Dial-A-Ride (archived 6 Dec 2025)
- Kern County, IHSS Public Authority
- Kern County, Adult Protective Services
- Employers' Training Resource
- CDSS, IHSS provider orientation process
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Bakersfield-Delano, CA (31-1120)
- California EDD, April 2026 (2023–2033 projections, Kern County)
- OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap (road distances)
Caregiver jobs in Pine Mountain Club: frequently asked questions
Does a bus reach Pine Mountain Club?
Not on the published Kern Transit routes. Route 130 stops in Frazier Park and Lebec, and the Frazier Park Dial-A-Ride zone does not list Pine Mountain Club, so plan on driving.
What happens to a shift when it snows?
Agree it in advance. The association warns of heavy snow, icy roads and extended winter closures, so a caregiver who lives on the mountain can often still come when one from the valley cannot. Write a snow-day rule into the agreement.
Where is IHSS orientation for a Pine Mountain Club provider?
Sessions are run by the county in Bakersfield, at the Aging and Adult Services building. Phone the Public Authority line, (661) 868-0987, to get a date.
Are private rates higher here than elsewhere in Kern?
Possibly. Incomes are higher and poverty lower than in most of the county, and few caregivers live nearby. Use the $16.50 median and $17.90 IHSS rate as a base and charge for travel and winter reliability.
Is there a care home I could work at in Pine Mountain Club?
No. CDSS shows no licensed elder care home with a 93222 address, so paid care on the mountain happens in private houses.
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