Caregiver Jobs in Riverdale, CA
Riverdale, CA (ZIP 93656) is a census-designated place, not a city, in unincorporated Fresno County, with an estimated 3,653 residents (ACS 2020–2024, margin ±1,233). Households in ZIP 93656 that publish a care request appear in the list above, and setting up your profile costs you nothing.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Riverdale
Riverdale's 93656 ZIP holds exactly two state-licensed health sites, both primary care clinics with Mt. Whitney Avenue addresses. CDPH's October 16, 2026 file shows the Adventist Health rural health clinic at 3567 Mt. Whitney and Aria Community Health Center's federally qualified health center at 3554 W. Mount Whitney Avenue. Nothing else is licensed there: CDPH lists no Riverdale hospital, hospice, skilled nursing or home health provider, and the CDSS May 2025 files list no Riverdale elder care home, group home for adults, or licensed home care company either. Paid caregiving here means working for a family or for a Fresno County IHSS recipient.
Riverdale households speak several languages. ACS 2020–2024 counts Spanish in 50.8% of homes for residents age five and over and English only in about 34.0%, and it puts 505 residents (15.2%) in the census category "other languages", outside Spanish, Indo-European and Asian or Pacific Island tongues. Any language beyond English belongs in your profile headline. Say too whether you can drive to Fresno appointments, since the Riverdale clinics handle primary care rather than hospital care.
Families looking for private caregivers near Riverdale, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Riverdale
Fresno County's IHSS page lists the kinds of help it can authorize: housekeeping; meal preparation, laundry, food shopping and errands; personal care such as bathing, dressing, transfers and medications; escorting a client to medical visits; and protective supervision when cognitive impairment makes someone unsafe alone. Expect Riverdale requests to draw on the same list. Households are large (4.46 people on average, though the ACS margin is ±1.18) and ACS records 123 grandparents who are raising grandchildren, so a client may share a busy home. New to the work? Companionship, errands and cooking are realistic first jobs.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Riverdale: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Fresno, CA metro (Fresno 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, Fresno, CA metro (Fresno County) | $16.50 median ($16.83 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 33,580 jobs; concentration 2.54× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Fresno County | $18.75 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Fresno, CA metro (Fresno County) | $21.50 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
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.
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera counties) projection: 28,870 aide jobs in 2023 to 38,830 in 2033 (+34.5%), about 59,260 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
About 3.6% of Riverdale's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, well under Fresno County's 8.2% and California's 5.3%. The estimate covers a labor force averaging about 1,530 people and ranged from 3.3% to 4.1% by month; EDD calculates unincorporated places like Riverdale from county totals, which makes the rate an approximation. For an IHSS provider, Fresno County's $18.75 an hour is the local reference point; enrollment steps are laid out in the Fresno County IHSS guide.
IHSS pay depends on where the recipient lives. A Riverdale client pays out at Fresno County's $18.75, but if you also take IHSS clients in Lemoore, Hanford or Armona, those are Kings County cases at $17.50 on the same CDSS sheet. For private work, the Berkeley Labor Center's ordinance inventory, last changed September 30, 2026, shows no wage law for Riverdale or unincorporated Fresno County, so California's $16.90 is the minimum. Working for a household as its own employee also brings Domestic Worker Bill of Rights overtime: time and a half kicks in past the ninth hour of a shift and past 45 weekly hours.
How to enroll as a provider in Fresno County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Fresno 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 Riverdale
No state license is required when a Riverdale household pays you for non-medical help. An agency, by contrast, can only send you out once CDSS has you registered as a home care aide ($35 for two years); independent caregivers may register voluntarily. Fresno County runs IHSS provider enrollment online: you create a profile, watch the required orientation videos, sign forms SOC 846 and SOC 426, then present ID and a Social Security card at an in-person DSS appointment in Clovis. After that come an SEIU 2015 orientation and Live Scan fingerprinting, due within 90 days and paid by the provider. Nursing facilities and hospitals want CDPH-certified nurse assistants. WIC §15630 obliges paid caregivers to report suspected elder abuse; the Fresno County APS Careline, (559) 600-3383, is staffed 24/7. Statewide rules: caregiver requirements in California.
Training and career resources near Riverdale
Courses, IHSS sign-up, a library and a bus line useful to Riverdale caregivers; details checked at the source this month.
- Lemoore College, Nurse Assistant Training Program (HS 61)A certificate of completion built on one class, HS 61, that the college says prepares students in about two months, with laboratory skills and in-hospital training before the state certification exam.
- Fresno County IHSS provider online enrollmentEight steps from online orientation videos and forms SOC 846 and SOC 426 to a Clovis Campus ID appointment, union orientation and fingerprinting. IHSS line: (559) 600-6666.
- Riverdale Branch Library20975 Malsbary Street, (559) 867-3381. Open Tuesday to Thursday 10 to 2 and 3 to 6, Friday 10 to 2 and 3 to 5, Saturday 10 to 2. Four public internet stations; black-and-white printing is 10 cents a page.
- Coalinga Inter-city Transit (Fresno County Rural Transit)Monday-to-Saturday round trips between Coalinga and Fresno stop in Riverdale at the Mt. Whitney Minimart and at BMO Bank, 3494 Mt. Whitney Ave. Fresno-bound runs continue to Fresno Community Hospital and downtown Fresno. A Riverdale monthly pass is $110, or $75 for riders 60 and older or disabled; information 1-855-612-5184.
Riverdale in numbers
Riverdale is young, and the survey margins are wide. ACS 2020–2024 estimates 301 residents aged 65 or older (±175), 8.2% of the population, including 84 aged 75 to 84 and 28 who have passed 85, in a CDP whose median age is only 25.5. Of 819 households, 194 (23.7%) include someone 65 or older. The survey's count of older residents living alone is just 10, with a margin bigger than the estimate itself, and 25.2% of those past 65 report a disability (±20.1 points). The CDP has no group quarters population, so these numbers describe people in private homes.
About 60.0% of residents are Hispanic or Latino (±22.1) and 24.7% were born outside the country. Households have a median income of $56,975 (±$7,202); 57.3% of households own their home, the median rent is $1,126, and only 1.8% of households lack a vehicle. The average trip to work takes 23.3 minutes, and the census industry group covering schools, health care and social assistance accounts for 16.3% of Riverdale's employed people. Related pages: Lemoore, Armona, Hanford, Selma and the Fresno County hub.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Riverdale (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Riverdale
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Riverdale is part of Fresno County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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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
- Adventist Health Medical Office – Riverdale
- Aria Community Health Center, Riverdale (Medical)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- Fresno County DSS, In-Home Supportive Services
- Fresno County DSS, IHSS Provider Online Enrollment and Orientation
- Fresno County DSS, Adult Protective Services (archived September 9, 2026)
- Lemoore College, Nurse Assistant Training Program
- Fresno County Public Library, Riverdale Branch
- Fresno County Rural Transit Agency, route services
- Fresno County Rural Transit Agency, Coalinga route guide (updated September 10, 2025)
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Fresno, CA (31-1120, 31-1131)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001, Riverdale CDP
Caregiver jobs in Riverdale: frequently asked questions
Does Riverdale have care agencies or care homes that employ aides?
State records show none in ZIP 93656: no home care organization, home health agency, nursing home or residential care home. The two licensed sites are the Adventist Health and Aria primary care clinics on Mt. Whitney Avenue, so caregiving work comes from families and IHSS.
Is unemployment high in Riverdale?
No. EDD's twelve-month estimate for Riverdale is about 3.6%, compared with 8.2% for Fresno County and 5.3% statewide. Figures for a labor force this small can move noticeably between months.
My IHSS client lives in Lemoore. Do I still get Fresno County pay?
No. Lemoore is in Kings County, where the CDSS table lists $17.50 an hour. A client living in Riverdale is paid at Fresno County's $18.75.
Where do I go in person to enroll as a Fresno County IHSS provider?
After the online steps, to DSS Client Services in Clovis (Building 1 at 3500 Never Forget Lane) with a valid government ID and your Social Security card; the names must match exactly.
Is there a bus from Riverdale to Fresno?
Yes. Coalinga Inter-city Transit stops at two Riverdale points on Mt. Whitney Avenue, Monday through Saturday, on its way to Fresno. It does not run on listed holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
How do Riverdale families find caregivers here?
They post on the Riverdale family page for ZIP 93656, and those requests flow into the list on this page. Caregiver profiles are free, and nothing is deducted from your pay.
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