Caregiver Jobs in Somerton, AZ
Somerton is an incorporated city of about 15,000 between Yuma and San Luis, 96% Hispanic, with the county's only local caregiver training college. Somerton families post care needs for parents and grandparents; a free profile lets you apply.
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Somerton is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, on US-95 between Yuma and the border, with 14,934 residents (Census Bureau, July 2025). The ACS 2020–2024 profile is the most uniformly Hispanic of any place in the county, 95.8%, with 90.5% of residents using a language other than English at home and a median age of 31.3; 11.1% are 65 or older. The Cocopah Indian Tribe's three reservation parcels lie near the city along the Colorado River, with tribal headquarters on Veterans Drive and roughly 1,000 tribal members living on or near the reservation. Postings are for a parent or grandparent inside a working family, in Spanish, in the hours when the adults are in the fields or in Yuma.
What makes Somerton different for a caregiver is training. The Regional Center for Border Health's College of Health Careers on East Main Street runs a three-week, 75-clock-hour Caregiver programme approved for assisted-living work and a six-week, 160-hour Nursing Assistant programme licensed by the Board of Nursing, both of which test students for state certification. Put Spanish first, list the hours you can work around a household's shifts, say whether you drive to Yuma for appointments at Onvida Health, and set a 15-mile radius to take in San Luis, Gadsden and south Yuma. Nobody from Somerton, or anywhere in Yuma County, has a caregiver profile on the platform yet, so early profiles get seen first.
Open caregiver opportunities near Somerton, AZ
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Somerton by distance.
No open postings in Somerton right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: El Cajon, CA, about 132 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Yuma County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Somerton
Somerton households post supervision and personal care for an older relative while the family works, help for a parent managing diabetes or recovering from a stroke, and evening and weekend cover. Experience with your own relatives counts if you describe it.
- Senior caregiving: day-to-day help so an older adult can stay at home.
- Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers.
- Companion care: company, errands, appointments, light help.
- Dementia care: routine-based support for memory loss.
- Respite care: cover so a family caregiver can rest or work.
- Live-in: room and board as part of the arrangement.
- Overnight: supervision through the night.
- Part-time and full-time: set by day and time block on your profile.
Caregiver pay in Somerton
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Yuma, AZ metro (Yuma 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, Yuma, AZ metro (Yuma County) | $16.61 median ($16.39 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 780 jobs; concentration 0.41× national |
| Arizona statewide aides (74,540 jobs), median | $17.51 | BLS OEWS, May 2025 |
| Arizona minimum wage | $15.15 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Yuma, AZ metro (Yuma County) | $18.20 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer. Arizona's minimum wage ($15.15 an hour in 2026) is the legal floor, and federal overtime rules apply to directly employed caregivers unless the work is exempt companionship under the FLSA. Sources: Industrial Commission of Arizona; US Department of Labor, direct care workers.
The pay table is the Yuma metro series, which covers Somerton; Arizona publishes no city-level caregiver wage and sets no county rate. Somerton's median household income ($74,015 in the ACS) is the highest of the county's cities, above San Luis and the City of Yuma but spread across large households, so private rates tend to sit near the employed median. A CNA certificate from the RCBH college or Arizona Western College moves you towards the $18.20 nursing-assistant median and opens facility work in Yuma. Relatives paid through ALTCS receive the agency rate; a spouse is limited to 40 hours in seven days.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Caregiver requirements in Arizona, applied to Somerton
A Somerton family that hires you directly for non-medical care is not required by Arizona to see any licence, certificate or state registration. The state's rules apply to licensed employers. Assisted-living caregivers need to be 18, to hold a certificate from an approved course of 62 hours or more (the RCBH programme is 75), to keep CPR and first aid current, and to carry a DPS fingerprint card ($67, six years) under A.A.C. R9-10-806, R4-33-703 and A.R.S. § 36-411. An ALTCS agency has 90 days from hire to get a direct care worker through the AHCCCS tests; someone caring only for a relative skips the Level II specialised modules. A.R.S. § 46-454 makes you a mandated reporter once you are responsible for a vulnerable adult; APS is 1-877-767-2385. The Arizona summary for the whole county is on the Yuma County page; the California programmes described on this site's Imperial County pages do not apply in Somerton.
Training and career resources near Somerton
Verified Somerton addresses and phone numbers.
- RCBH College of Health Careers950 E. Main Street, Building A, (928) 315-7600. Caregiver programme (3 weeks, 75 clock hours, approved by the Board of Examiners for Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers) and Nursing Assistant programme (6 weeks, 160 hours, licensed by the Board of Nursing).
- ARIZONA@WORK Somerton Resource Center201 N. Bingham Avenue, (928) 550-6064. Yuma Private Industry Council job-seeker services.
- Regional Center for Border HealthHeadquarters 950 E. Main Street, Building A, (928) 315-7910. Its San Luis Walk-In Clinic, Inc. runs clinics at 950 E. Main Street, Building B, and 214 W. Main Street.
- Sunset Health Somerton Clinic115 N. Somerton Avenue, (928) 627-2051. Family, adult and paediatric medicine, pharmacy, dental, behavioural health and coverage enrolment.
- Cocopah Indian TribeTribal headquarters 14515 S. Veterans Drive, (928) 627-2102. The tribe runs an Elder Nutrition/Caseworker Department at 14526 S. Veterans Drive, (928) 627-1148, for tribal elders; enrolled Cocopah members ride YCAT free.
- YCAT Yellow 95, Silver 9 and Purple 6A(928) 783-2235. Yellow 95 Yuma–Somerton–San Luis and Silver 9 Arizona Western College–Somerton–San Luis both stop in Somerton; Purple 6A serves the North, East and West Cocopah reservations. $2 one way, $1 discount; OnCall door-to-door near Yellow 95 and Purple 6A.
Somerton in numbers
Somerton had 14,934 residents in July 2025, up from an estimates base of 14,204 in April 2020, so it is growing more slowly than San Luis. The ACS 2020–2024 figures: 11.1% aged 65 or older, 95.8% Hispanic or Latino, 90.5% speaking a language other than English at home, 30.8% speaking English less than very well, median household income $74,015, poverty rate 13.8%. The Cocopah reservation, about 6,500 acres in three separate parcels established in 1917, lies beside the city on the river side; by the tribe's own description it lies 13 miles below Yuma and 15 miles above San Luis, Mexico.
The health infrastructure is unusually good for a city this size because the Regional Center for Border Health is headquartered here: clinics, a behavioural health network, a mobile unit and the health careers college are all on or near Main Street, with Sunset Health's community clinic a few blocks away. What Somerton does not have is a hospital or a senior centre with its own web presence; the Desert Valley Senior Center serves the south county from Somerton, and Onvida Health in Yuma is the hospital. Caregivers from Somerton routinely take work in San Luis and the south side of Yuma, both on the Yellow 95 line.
How to find caregiver work in Somerton on CaregiverConnect
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Caregiver jobs near Somerton
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Somerton is part of Yuma County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Useful reading before you apply
What caregivers earn in California and Arizona: BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026)
Median hourly pay for home health and personal care aides by metro area from the May 2025 BLS survey, county IHSS wages, state minimum wages, and how private rates relate to them.
How to find private caregiver jobs without an agency
Where families who hire directly actually look, how to be found, what to put in writing, and the legal basics of being a household employee.
Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
What a family interview for private caregiving work really covers, the questions to expect, the questions you should ask, and what to bring.
How to write a caregiver profile that families actually contact
Field by field: what to put in a marketplace caregiver profile, what families filter on, and a bio structure you can fill in tonight.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates, Arizona incorporated places
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles, Somerton city
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Yuma, AZ (31-1120, 31-1131)
- Industrial Commission of Arizona, minimum wage
- AHCCCS AMPM Policy 1240-A, attendant care and paid family caregivers
- AHCCCS, Direct Care Worker training and testing
- Arizona Administrative Code R9-10-806 and R4-33-703
- Arizona DPS, fingerprint clearance cards
- Arizona DES, Adult Protective Services
- RCBH College of Health Careers, Caregiver and Nursing Assistant programmes
- Regional Center for Border Health, Inc.
- San Luis Walk-In Clinic, Inc., locations
- Sunset Health, locations
- Cocopah Indian Tribe, contact, departments and senior centre support
- Yuma Private Industry Council / ARIZONA@WORK locations
- Yuma County Area Transit, Silver 9, Yellow 95, Purple 6A and fares
- Arizona Western College, Nursing Assistant certificate
Caregiver jobs in Somerton: frequently asked questions
Can I get a caregiver certificate in Somerton itself?
Yes. The RCBH College of Health Careers on East Main Street runs the state-approved 75-hour Caregiver programme and a 160-hour Nursing Assistant programme; you need a diploma or GED, to be 18, and a fingerprint clearance card.
Do I need that certificate to work for a Somerton family?
No. Private non-medical care needs no licence or certificate in Arizona. The certificate matters for assisted-living and agency jobs, and it helps families trust a profile.
Are there caregiving jobs with the Cocopah Tribe?
The tribe runs its own elder nutrition and caseworker services for members, reached at (928) 627-1148; it is a separate employer from the families posting here. Tribal elders' families may also post private care needs on this page.
Does ALTCS pay family caregivers in Somerton?
When the person qualifies, yes: Banner – University Family Care, the county contractor, pays relatives either via a home-care agency or under Self-Directed Attendant Care. Spouses are capped at 40 hours a week and must go through an agency.
¿Las familias de Somerton buscan cuidadoras que hablen español?
Casi siempre. Más del 90% de los hogares hablan español y muchos abuelos no hablan inglés. Ponga el español al principio de su perfil.
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