Selma, California · Fresno County

Caregiver Jobs in Selma, CA

Selma, a Highway 99 city of 24,484, has a larger share of households caring for an older relative than the county as a whole. A profile costs nothing; pick the distance you will travel and reply to families whose schedules suit yours.

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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Selma

Selma is 16 miles southeast of Fresno on Highway 99, between Fowler and Kingsburg, and caregivers who live here can reach clients in all three towns as well as south Fresno. Inside Selma, 29.7% of households have a member 65 or over, and 36.1% of people in that age group live with a disability (ACS 2020–2024), and with only two licensed elderly care homes in town, much of that care happens in family houses. Requests usually start when a parent comes home from Adventist Health Selma on Rose Avenue or from a Fresno hospital, or when the relative who has been providing care needs regular hours off. Postings above refresh whenever a family publishes one, and each lists its mileage from Selma.

Write a profile that reflects the town. Spanish is the home language of almost half of Selma's residents five and older; 21.4% speak it with limited English, and 3.1% use some other Indo-European language (ACS 2020–2024). List every language you speak, say whether you have a car, and state which towns along the 99 you will cover. The profile guide has examples.

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Types of caregiver jobs

Types of caregiver jobs in Selma

Selma requests usually involve keeping a parent company and safe during the workday, bathing, dressing, cooking, a few weeks of extra care following a hospital discharge, and driving a parent to appointments or the senior center lunch. Housework, cooking and companionship are realistic first jobs. Families asking for lifting, wound care or dementia support will want a nursing assistant certificate or a facility reference.

Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time

Pay

Caregiver pay in Selma: 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.

MeasureHourlySource 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$18.75CDSS; effective January 1, 2026
California minimum wage$16.90effective January 1, 2026
Nursing assistants, Fresno, CA metro (Fresno County)$21.50 medianBLS 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.

Selma has never passed its own wage law, per the UC Berkeley Labor Center inventory, leaving California's $16.90 as the minimum. IHSS providers in Fresno County earn $18.75 from January 1, 2026, and that rate is often where private negotiations start. Selma's median household income, $60,241, is lower than in Clovis, Sanger or Reedley (ACS 2020–2024), so some families here will budget tightly; median rent is $1,232. Ask for mileage when you drive a client to Fresno, and remember that a family-employed attendant is owed overtime when hours exceed nine in a day or 45 across a week.

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.

Rules

Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Selma

California rules apply unchanged in Selma: non-medical work you arrange directly with a family carries no licensing requirement, and Home Care Aide Registry enrollment is voluntary unless a licensed home care organization employs you. To become an IHSS provider, ring PARCC on (559) 600-6666, option 4; after that comes the Public Authority registry application with its Zoom screening and introduction class. The county's Selma Regional Center at 3830 McCall Avenue serves Medi-Cal and CalFresh clients, open 7:30 to 3:30. Bethel Senior Living and Rolling Hills Care Center are skilled nursing facilities and need CDPH-certified aides. The requirements guide explains the paths.

Local resources

Training and career resources near Selma

Selma has no college of its own; these are the nearest options, with the buses that reach them.

  • Reedley College, Nursing Assistant TrainingIn Reedley, (559) 494-3000: a one-semester, CDPH-approved evening course with clinical practice at Palm Village. The weekday Kingsburg–Reedley bus leaves the Selma Station shopping center on Whitson Street at 7:13 am, 11:13 am and 2:43 pm.
  • Sanger Adult School, career technical coursesIn Sanger at 1020 N Street, (559) 524-7775; its career technical list includes a CNA course, some classes run with Valley ROP, and an interest list gives the dates.
  • Fresno County IHSS Public Authority RegistryPARCC, (559) 600-6666, option 4, confirms eligibility. The screening and introduction class take place over Zoom, which saves Selma applicants a trip to Fresno.
  • Selma Senior CenterOpen weekdays 8 am to 2 pm to anyone 55 and over, with hot lunches for those 60 and over; (559) 891-2239. Clients may spend part of the day here.
  • Southeast Transit (FCRTA)Weekday buses between Kingsburg and downtown Fresno stop on Whitson Street in Selma; Selma to Fresno is $2.00 one way or $1.75 at age 60-plus; call 1-855-612-5184 for schedules.
The area

Selma in numbers

Selma's E-1 population from the Department of Finance was 24,484 on January 1, 2026, and its age mix mirrors the county's: 12.9% of residents are 65 or older and 5.2% are 75 or older, with a median age of 32.9 (ACS 2020–2024). 83.0% of residents are Hispanic or Latino and 25.7% were born outside the United States; 39.6% of households rent, and the median home value is $315,300. Raisins became the main crop around the city, which adopted the slogan Raisin Capital of the World in 1963.

On CDPH's healthcare facility listing, Selma has Adventist Health Selma (62 licensed beds, standby emergency service) and two skilled nursing facilities, Bethel Senior Living on Dockery Avenue (59 beds) and Rolling Hills Care Center on Stillman Street (34). The May 2025 licensing file shows two residential care homes for the elderly in Selma: Bethel Lutheran Home, licensed for 33, and one six-bed home. Nearby pages: Fresno, Reedley, Sanger and Fresno County.

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How to find private caregiver jobs in Selma (no agency)

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Caregiver jobs near Selma

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Selma is part of Fresno County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.

Questions

Caregiver jobs in Selma: frequently asked questions

Can I find caregiver work in Selma without experience?

Yes, for companionship, cooking, errands and housework. For hands-on care, the nearest nursing assistant course is Reedley College, which a weekday FCRTA bus reaches from Selma in under an hour.

How much does IHSS pay in Selma?

Selma providers receive Fresno County's IHSS wage, $18.75 per hour from January 1, 2026; the Fresno County IHSS guide covers enrollment.

Which towns should I include in my radius from Selma?

Fowler and Kingsburg sit on either side of Selma along Highway 99, and south Fresno is a short drive north. Add Reedley or Sanger if you are happy to drive east.

Do Selma nursing facilities hire caregivers?

Bethel Senior Living and Rolling Hills Care Center are the two skilled nursing facilities in the city; aide roles there need CDPH certification. Bethel Lutheran Home also runs residential care.

Does speaking Spanish help in Selma?

Very much. Nearly one Selma resident in two (49.2% of those five and up) uses Spanish at home, and one in five speaks it with limited English, so a bilingual caregiver can accept requests others cannot.

Where do Selma families post jobs?

On the Selma families page; there is no charge to apply.

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