Caregiver Jobs in Redwood City, CA

The state's January 2026 count for Redwood City was 81,809 residents. The city skews younger than the county around it, with a median age of 37.5 and 13.8% of residents 65 or older (ACS 2020–2024), but that still means 11,387 older people and 1,543 aged 85 or over, and a quarter of local households include someone past 65. Work here often follows a hospital stay. Sequoia Hospital on Alameda de las Pulgas and Kaiser Permanente's Redwood City hospital on Veterans Boulevard are both inside city limits, so expect requests for a few weeks of help after surgery as well as long-term weekday care for a parent living alone.

Spanish is the language that comes up most: 28.3% of people here aged five or older speak it at home, and 12.0% are Spanish speakers who use English less than very well, a much higher share than the county as a whole. Spanish speakers should lead with it in their profile. The city also stretches across Highway 101 to Redwood Shores, which sits apart from downtown, and the unincorporated community of North Fair Oaks borders it to the southeast; name the neighborhoods you can reach so families on both sides know whether you will come.

Redwood City adds no caregiver license of its own; state rules apply. You need no license for non-medical help that a family pays you for directly, and joining the Home Care Aide Registry ($35 for two years) is optional unless an agency employs you. To work through IHSS you sign up with the San Mateo County IHSS Public Authority, (2000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Suite 200, in the city of San Mateo): an enrollment packet, an original Social Security card, photo ID, the orientation video and a background check. Nursing homes and hospitals such as Sequoia want a CDPH nurse assistant certificate. Under state law you are also a mandated reporter; the county's abuse line for older and dependent adults is 844-868-0938, and the long-term care ombudsman for residents of care facilities is based at AgeUp on Madison Avenue. More in the California requirements guide and the San Mateo County IHSS guide.