FAQ's

Below is a list of frequently asked questions, if you need further clarification, please contact a Village Maternity Care Consultant who will be more than happy to answer your questions.

Why use Village Maternity Care?
With many years of industry experience we can provide professional guidance through the entire search process. You will benefit from exclusive access to a large pool of pre-screened Maternity Nurses and Baby Nannies as well as benefitting from our advertising campaigns to attract new candidates, all of whom have been reference checked and enhanced CRB checks can also be provided.

What areas do you cover?
Village Maternity Care has a particular presence in London and across the Home Counties however, we have Clients and Candidates across the country and abroad, many of our Candidates are prepared to relocate if the right position presents itself, please contact us for an up to date list of available Childcarers.  Maternity Nurses working on a live-in basis are usually happy to relocate for each assignment.

How many candidates can I expect to interview?
We save you time and hassle by pre-selecting and interviewing suitable applicants before putting them forward to you. Often, it is not necessary to interview more than one or two candidates as we do our best to only present candidates who meet your requirements.

How long will it take to find a suitable candidate?
As soon as we receive your registration forms, a selection of suitable applicants will be contacted and introduced to you, we may also decide to advertise on your behalf to ensure that you are given the best opportunity to find the right match.  The process can take anything from days to a few weeks, depending on the type of job, your requirements and the suitability of candidates.

Are all your Maternity Nurses and Baby Nannies experienced and qualified?
All Childcarers who register with Village Maternity are expected to have experience and many will hold qualifications.  We also operate a scheme in conjunction with Maternity Nurse and Nanny training providers who will offer the services of trainees who offer more affordable hire rates in return for work experience, ask us for more details.  In most cases, you will be looking for an experienced Maternity Nurse or Baby Nanny and full checks will be carried out to ensure that references and qualifications are up to standard.  Candidates are expected to be CRB checked, if not, a CRB check will be applied for and an offer of a position will be made dependent on the candidate obtaining a clean CRB check.

How do you screen Candidates?
We begin with a thorough interview. We then ask our candidates to answer a set of questions designed to test ability and experience, aimed at providing us with information on how the candidate would deal with certain situations, testing their common sense reactions and enabling us to detect any red flags.

I've never had to pay taxes or national insurance contributions before, can you help?
Yes, Village Maternity Care can refer you to our partner agencies who offer payroll and nanny tax services which are designed to remove the headache of managing the accounts related to the hiring of domestic staff. Don't be put off hiring domestic staff based on your concerns around statutory contributions, if you would prefer to process the contribution requirements yourself then we can certainly provide you with links to the necessary government organisations who will assist you on such matters making it all very quick and easy.  Most Nannies will work on a PAYE basis, you will be responsible for their tax and national insurance contributions.  Maternity Nurses on the other hand, usually work as self-employed and as such, are responsible for their own contributions.