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Redway, California · Humboldt County
Caregiver Jobs in Redway, CA
Redway is an unincorporated community in Southern Humboldt with an estimated 1,145 residents. Family requests filed under ZIP 95560 are listed first; stretching the search radius brings in Garberville, Benbow and the stops along the Southern Humboldt bus line.
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As a census-designated place, Redway elects no city council. Humboldt County governs it, and the Redway Community Services District, formed in 1965 and run by a five-member elected board, supplies water and wastewater service. For a caregiver, the care providers matter more. Redwoods Rural Health Center, a federally funded health center that opened as a rural clinic in 1976, has its main medical and dental building at 101 West Coast Road. The Healy Senior Center on Briceland Road cooks the area's Meals on Wheels. The hospital is in Garberville, run by the Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District, whose service area of roughly 775 square miles includes Redway.
Clients are spread out, and the Census numbers for Redway are thin. Its ACS 2020–2024 estimate of 1,145 residents carries a margin of 635 either way, and the age breakdown is too uncertain to quote, so judge the work by what local programs report instead: Healy delivers meals to homebound adults over 60 in six Southern Humboldt communities, and SoHum Health's visiting nurses cover homebound patients within about 20 miles of Garberville. Households here average just 1.87 people in the ACS estimate, so ask early who else, if anyone, lives with the client. In your profile, name the communities you will drive to, say whether you work weekends, and mention any experience with dementia, wound care or end-of-life care.
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Redway
Southern Humboldt requests usually mean help at home for someone living alone: personal care, cooking, cleaning, laundry and a ride to the clinic, the pharmacy or the Healy lunch. Hours tend to climb when a client comes home from Jerold Phelps or a Eureka hospital, then ease off. Paid jobs also exist close by. SoHum Health's current openings include a certified nurse assistant for its 8-bed skilled nursing unit, in 12-hour shifts, full time, part time or per diem, and the district says its pay starts at $18.00 an hour. Community Cornerstone, a licensed adult day program on Rusk Lane in Redway, supports adults with developmental disabilities. Newcomers can begin with companionship and errands, and IHSS will pay a relative or neighbor as provider when a Redway client is approved.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Redway: 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, Humboldt County | $18.40 | CDSS; effective January 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.
About 8.9% of Redway's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Redway's labor force numbers only about 400, and EDD estimates communities that small from county-level totals, so the rate is approximate; month to month it ranged from 7.5% to 9.6%. It sits above Humboldt County's 5.2%, which is itself slightly below California's 5.3%. In a place where work can be uneven, a client's authorized hours through Humboldt County IHSS give a provider steady, scheduled pay at $18.40 an hour.
Humboldt County ties that IHSS rate to its SEIU contract, which sets it $1.50 above the minimum wage. Humboldt County has no entry in UC Berkeley's inventory of local wage laws, which leaves Redway households paying at least the state's $16.90; when you work as their personal attendant, overtime starts after your ninth hour of a day or your 45th of a week. Two local employers set useful reference points: SoHum Health's $18.00 starting wage, and the BLS median of $16.74 for aides across the four North Coast counties. ACS 2020–2024 estimates Redway's median household income at $23,720, with a wide margin, and half of residents use public health coverage, so families often ask about IHSS before they hire privately.
How to enroll as a provider in Humboldt County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Humboldt 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.
Rules
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Redway
With no city government, Redway sets no caregiver rules of its own, and California's apply. Bathing, meals and companionship for a Redway household need no license when the family hires you itself. Agency aides do go on California's Home Care Aide Registry, though no licensed home care organization had a Redway address in CDSS's May 2025 data. IHSS enrollment runs through Humboldt County's main office in Eureka. You open an account in the online BOUNDS system, finish the training videos, attend an orientation in person carrying unexpired government photo ID, and pass fingerprinting, with 90 days from registration to get it all done. The Humboldt County IHSS guide has the details. A CNA certificate from CDPH is required for the skilled nursing unit in Garberville. California law obliges a paid caregiver in Redway to report suspected abuse of a client; the guide to California caregiver rules explains the rest.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Redway
Southern Humboldt places for fingerprints, transport, local employers and client support, taken from each organization's own pages in October 2026.
- Southern Humboldt Intercity bus (Humboldt Transit Authority)Monday-to-Saturday service from Benbow through Garberville and Redway to Fortuna and Eureka. On weekdays, northbound buses leave the Redway/Signature Coffee stop at 7:02 and 11:36 a.m. and at 5:36 and 7:41 p.m.; southbound buses reach Briceland/Redway Drive at 10:51 a.m., 4:51 p.m. and 6:56 p.m. (schedule effective September 7, 2026). A ride costs $2.00, and riders 62 and over qualify for reduced fares on stored-value cards.
- Live Scan: Fortuna Police DepartmentThe Attorney General's list shows no fingerprint site in Southern Humboldt; the nearest it lists is the Fortuna Police Department, 2600 Newburg Road, (707) 725-1424, by appointment on weekdays, $35. Humboldt County IHSS applicants can instead book fingerprinting through the BOUNDS portal.
- SoHum Health careersThe Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District runs Jerold Phelps Community Hospital, its skilled nursing unit, a rural health clinic and a visiting nurse program from Garberville. Posted openings include CNA, LVN and medical assistant jobs. Apply online or by mail to 733 Cedar Street, Garberville; human resources is at (707) 923-3921 ext. 1230.
- Healy Senior Center456 Briceland Road, Redway, (707) 923-2399. The center runs the local certified Meals on Wheels program and a Social Dining lunch on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
- Redwoods Rural Community SupportsThe health center's annex at 76 Briceland Thorne Road offers case management and help reaching transportation, housing, food and social services. Useful if a client needs more support than you can give.
The area
Redway in numbers
Treat Redway's ACS 2020–2024 figures as rough. The survey finds 611 households, two in three of them renting (66.4%), and a median gross rent of $659. Mobile homes make up 22.7% of housing, and 28.6% of occupied homes heat with wood. About 36.7% of residents fall below the poverty line. Every one of these estimates has a wide margin, because the survey reached few Redway homes.
Health care is close but small. Redwoods Rural Health Center's medical department is open Monday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday until 5:20, and Friday from 10 a.m.; its staff includes Spanish speakers, and it helps patients apply for Medi-Cal and the Partnership plan. CDPH lists Jerold Phelps Community Hospital in Garberville with nine general acute beds and an 8-bed skilled nursing unit; SoHum Health says it runs the only emergency room in Southern Humboldt, open around the clock. Related pages: Rio Dell, Eureka, Willits and the Humboldt County hub.
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Caregiver jobs near Redway
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Redway is part of Humboldt County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
- Caregiver jobs in Rio Dell, CA30 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Eureka, CA49 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Willits, CA52 mi
Elsewhere in Humboldt County: Arcata
Guides
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
Sources (checked 2026-10-20):
- 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, Redway CDP (0660088)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Humboldt County DHHS, IHSS Provider Enrollment (wage, steps)
- Redway Community Services District, About Us
- Redwoods Rural Health Center, home, history, community services and contact pages
- SoHum Health (Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District), service area, careers and local resources
- SoHum Health, Visiting Nurse Program
- Healy Senior Center, Redway
- Humboldt Transit Authority, Southern Humboldt Intercity fares and schedule (effective September 7, 2026)
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Humboldt County
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Redway: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment in Redway higher than in Humboldt County?
Yes. EDD's estimate for Redway averaged about 8.9% from August 2025 to August 2026, above Humboldt County's 5.2%, while the county itself was a little under the statewide 5.3%. Redway's figure is modeled from county data for a labor force of about 400, so it is approximate.
How much does IHSS pay in Redway?
Redway clients live in Humboldt County, where the CDSS table puts the provider wage at $18.40 an hour, a rate dated January 1, 2026. Humboldt explains the rate as $1.50 above the minimum wage under its SEIU contract.
Do I have to go to Eureka to enroll as an IHSS provider?
Much of it is online through the BOUNDS portal, including the videos and the provider application. The orientation and fingerprinting are booked through the portal too; call 707-476-2100 to ask where your appointments will be held.
Are there CNA jobs near Redway?
SoHum Health in Garberville lists openings for certified nurse assistants in its 8-bed skilled nursing unit, working 12-hour shifts. A current California CNA certificate and CPR certification are required.
Can I get from Redway to clients in Fortuna or Eureka by bus?
Yes, Monday to Saturday, on HTA's Southern Humboldt Intercity. Weekday buses leave Redway northbound four times, starting at 7:02 a.m., and can stop on request at Redwood Memorial in Fortuna before reaching Eureka; a ride is $2.00.
How do Redway families reach caregivers here?
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