Caregiver Jobs in Terra Bella, CA
Terra Bella is a small unincorporated community in Tulare County, about 1,660 residents by the Census estimate, and both of its health centers sit on Road 238. Requests posted under ZIP 93270 show in the list above, which changes whenever a family publishes; widen the radius to take in Porterville.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Terra Bella
There is no city hall in Terra Bella. It is a census-designated place, so land use is planned by Tulare County, whose 2015 update of the Terra Bella Community Plan covered 1,393 acres along State Highway 65 and the Southern Pacific line and added a Complete Streets policy for the community. For a caregiver the useful map is shorter than that: Family HealthCare Network's Terra Bella Health Center at 9416 Road 238 and the Sierra View Community Health Center at 9520 Road 238 are where most older residents see a doctor, and both are places you will drive a client to.
The client pool is modest but real. The ACS 2020–2024 estimate puts 186 people aged 65 or over in the community, 11.2% of residents, and a third of its 465 households (153) have at least one member that age. In about 80 homes the householder is a woman 65 or over who lives alone, a small-sample figure with a wide margin, and those are the homes most likely to want a few hours of help each week. Spanish is spoken at home by 77.7% of residents aged five and up, and a third of them say their English is less than "very well", so a profile written in both languages will reach more Terra Bella families. Set the radius to include Porterville as well: it has the nearest hospital by road, and the state licensing files list 21 homes for the elderly and 45 adult residential facilities with Porterville addresses, all potential employers.
Families looking for private caregivers near Terra Bella, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Terra Bella by distance.
No open postings in Terra Bella right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Los Angeles, CA, about 138 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Tulare County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Terra Bella
Expect requests built around a household that is younger than average (median age 29.3) and fairly large (3.54 people per home): a grandparent who needs a hand with bathing and meals while the adults work, rides to Road 238 or to Porterville appointments, and a few weeks of added hours after a discharge from Sierra View. Group homes are the other employer close by. Community Care Licensing's file shows three adult residential facilities, all licensed, with Terra Bella addresses, the largest licensed for 100 residents and two family homes for six each, and such homes hire direct-care staff.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Terra Bella: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Visalia, CA metro (Tulare 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, Visalia, CA metro (Tulare County) | $16.50 median ($16.89 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 8,220 jobs; concentration 1.73× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Tulare County | $17.50 | 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.
Tulare County projection: 8,290 aide jobs in 2023 to 10,510 in 2033 (+26.8%), about 15,910 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
EDD's figure for Terra Bella looks startling, so read it with care: about 35.4% of Terra Bella's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates; the twelve monthly readings ran from 33.0% to 37.9%, on a labor force of roughly 725. EDD builds numbers for a place this small from county totals, so treat it as an approximate model result rather than a count. What is solid is that Tulare County as a whole averaged 10.5% over the same months, about twice California's 5.3%. Against that background, a client's authorized hours through Tulare County IHSS, paid at $17.50 an hour, are steady income that is not tied to a packing shed or a harvest; 22.6% of employed Terra Bella residents work in agriculture in ACS 2020–2024.
No local wage ordinance covers unincorporated Tulare County in UC Berkeley's inventory, and the floor for private pay stays at the state's $16.90; past nine hours in one shift, or 45 across a week, personal attendants earn 1.5 times their base rate. Household money is tight for many clients: median household income is $62,530, a third of households (32.7%) used SNAP in the past year and 73.0% of residents have public health coverage. Ask early whether the family has applied for IHSS before you agree a private rate.
How to enroll as a provider in Tulare County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Tulare 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 Terra Bella
Because Terra Bella is unincorporated, no local license or permit applies; you follow California rules. Working straight for a Terra Bella household on non-medical tasks requires no license. Agency work is different: the agency has to get you onto the state's Home Care Aide Registry first, and the Terra Bella group homes are licensed by Community Care Licensing, which sets its own staff training and fingerprint rules. To be paid by IHSS, enroll with the Tulare County IHSS office in Visalia (4025 W. Noble Avenue, Suite A), complete the provider orientation, which the county offers as videos in English, Spanish and Chinese, and clear fingerprinting; the Tulare County IHSS guide lists the steps. The nearest Live Scan sites on the Attorney General's list are in Porterville. Nursing homes and hospitals ask for a CDPH nursing assistant certificate. Under California law, paid caregivers must report any abuse they suspect of an elder or a dependent adult. For the complete rule set, see the California caregiver requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Terra Bella
What a Terra Bella caregiver can use for fingerprints, training, job search and getting around; we read every entry on the provider's own website this October.
- Live Scan: Tulare County Sheriff, Porterville substationOn S. Newcomb Street in Porterville, (559) 782-9650. Open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., walk in or book; the rolling fee is $14. By OSRM routing it is 6.6 miles from the Road 238 clinics.
- Porterville Employment Connection CenterOn W. Henderson Avenue in Porterville, phone (559) 788-1400, open weekdays. This county job center is the closest one to Terra Bella, 9.3 road miles away; ask about training funds before paying for a CNA course.
- College of the Sequoias, NURS 260 Certified Nursing AssistantA single course; finish it and you can sit California's CNA exam. COS names hospitals, nursing care homes, home health, outpatient and assisted living settings as the entry-level jobs it leads to.
- RIDE Tulare County route C80The county fixed route named Porterville–Terra Bella–Ducor. Fixed-route fares are $1.50 on local routes and $2.00 on commuter routes, half price for seniors, riders with disabilities and Medicare card holders; Greenline schedule help (877) 404-6473. Terra Bella is not inside any RIDE on-demand zone on the current maps.
Terra Bella in numbers
The ACS 2020–2024 profile for Terra Bella CDP gives 1,659 residents, plus or minus 487, with only 14 people living in group quarters. Nearly a third are children (31.0%), 86.9% are Hispanic or Latino and 35.4% were born abroad. A little over half of homes are rented (55.3%); median gross rent is $1,048 while owners put a median value of $236,500 on their homes. Workers spend an average 20.9 minutes getting to work, 15.6% carpool, and 5.2% of households have no vehicle.
On the CDPH file Terra Bella has neither a hospital nor a nursing home; its licensed health facilities are the two Road 238 primary care clinics. Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville is 9.1 road miles from them by OSRM routing, and Adventist Health Delano 25.2 miles. Related pages: Porterville, Strathmore, Richgrove and the Tulare County hub.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Terra Bella (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Terra Bella
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Terra Bella is part of Tulare County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Elsewhere in Tulare County: Visalia · Tulare · Dinuba · Exeter · Farmersville · Woodlake · Cutler
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
- 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 and B26001, Terra Bella CDP (0678288)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Visalia, CA (31-1120)
- California EDD, 2023–2033 occupational projections, Tulare County
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Tulare County, GPA 15-005 Terra Bella Community Plan update (CEQAnet SCH 2015091011)
- Family HealthCare Network, Terra Bella Health Center
- Sierra View, Community Health Center – Terra Bella
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, adult residential facilities file
- Tulare County HHSA, In-Home Supportive Services (archived August 30, 2025)
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Tulare County
- Employment Connection, locations
- College of the Sequoias, Certified Nursing Assistant
- RIDE Tulare County, route C80, fixed-route fares and on-demand zone maps
- Road distances: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data
Caregiver jobs in Terra Bella: frequently asked questions
Is Terra Bella's unemployment rate really above 35%?
That is EDD's modeled average for August 2025 to August 2026, on a labor force of only about 725 people, and EDD derives small-place figures from county totals. Take it as a rough signal. The firmer comparison is Tulare County at 10.5% and California at 5.3%.
How much does IHSS pay for a Terra Bella client?
$17.50 an hour, Tulare County's provider rate since January 1, 2026. The county sets the client's hours; the client chooses you as provider, and you enroll through the county IHSS office in Visalia.
Are there care homes in Terra Bella that hire aides?
The state licensing file lists three adult residential facilities with Terra Bella addresses: one licensed for 100 residents and two six-bed family homes. There is no licensed home for the elderly in the community, so older clients here are cared for at home.
Where do Terra Bella caregivers get fingerprinted?
In Porterville. The sheriff's substation on South Newcomb Street takes walk-ins on weekdays for a $14 rolling fee.
Can I reach Porterville clients by bus from Terra Bella?
RIDE Tulare County runs a fixed route, C80, named Porterville–Terra Bella–Ducor; check times with the Greenline at (877) 404-6473. The on-demand vans do not cover Terra Bella, so most families will still want a caregiver who drives.
Which clinics will I take Terra Bella clients to?
Most often the two on Road 238: Family HealthCare Network, open weekdays until 7:00 p.m., and the Sierra View community health center, open weekdays 8 to 5 with a lunch closure. Hospital care means Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville.
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