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* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/members-services-team/ Members’ Services Team]
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/members-services-team/ Members’ Services Team]
* Surviving your first week in the constituency office
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/surviving-your-first-week-in-the-constituency-office/ Surviving your first week in the constituency office]
* Help and Advice for Staff
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/help-and-advice-for-staff/ Help and Advice for Staff]
* Office Managers’ Virtual Drop-in – every Wednesday
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/office-managers-virtual-drop-in-every-wednesday/ Office Managers’ Virtual Drop-in – every Wednesday]
* Monthly phone-in Q&A session for all MPs’ staff
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/monthly-phone-in-qa-session-for-all-mps-staff/ Monthly phone-in Q&A session for all MPs’ staff]
* Members’ Staff Roadshows
* [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/members-staff-roadshows/ Members’ Staff Roadshows]
* Employment
* Employment
** Recruitment
** Recruitment
*** Hiring work experience students and interns
**** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/recruitment/hiring-work-experience-students-and-interns/getting-the-best-out-of-your-internship/ Getting the best out of your internship]
**** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/recruitment/hiring-work-experience-students-and-interns/researchers-guide-to-managing-an-intern/ Researcher's Guide to Managing an Intern]
**** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/recruitment/hiring-work-experience-students-and-interns/internship-charter-code-of-practice-from-cipd/ Internship Charter — code of practice from CIPD]
*** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/recruitment/recruitment-and-selection-best-practice-guide/ Recruitment and Selection — Best Practice Guide]
*** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/recruitment/hiring-staff-part-1-recruitment/ Hiring Staff]
** Starting Out: Applications, internships and work experience
** Starting Out: Applications, internships and work experience
** Managing an Internship in Your Office
*** Quick Tips to Help You Find a Job Working for an MP
** Organising Work Experience in an MP’s Office
*** Being an Intern / Doing Work Experience
*** Working as an Intern
*** How to write a good job application
*** Creating a Winning CV & Cover Letter
*** Giving a Successful Interview
*** Fast Stream Appointments
*** Foreign nationals working for MPs
*** Infiltrating Westminster – how to get a foot in the door
** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/managing-an-internship-in-your-office/ Managing an Internship in Your Office]
** [https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/employment/work-experience-in-an-mps-office/ Organising Work Experience in an MP’s Office]
* The Members’ HR Service
* The Members’ HR Service
* Induction Sessions for MPs’ Staff
* Induction Sessions for MPs’ Staff

Revision as of 06:28, 8 August 2023

These are the guides on the main w4mp site as of November 1 2022

Current Guides

See the guides page for the current list, with links

Support in Your Job

Guides to Parliament

  • A Welcome from Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons
  • Security at Westminster and in Constituency Offices
  • Rules and courtesies
  • How the place works – Parliamentary Procedure
  • The Privy Council
  • Business of the House and its Committees: a short guide
  • Campaigning: Early Day Motions
  • Campaigning: Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
  • Campaigning: Petitions
  • Register of Interests – Staff
  • Rules for the use of stationery and postage-paid envelopes, and for the use of the Crowned Portcullis
  • Complaints about an MP
  • Online Parliamentary Archives
  • Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
  • Tours of the Houses of Parliament
  • How to organise a school visit to Westminster
  • How to arrange Gallery Tickets

The Library

  • Guides to Commons Library Services
  • Ten Things the Library Can Do For You
  • Commons Library Training and Events
  • Research Briefings, Standard Notes and Debate Packs
  • Online resources from the Commons Library
  • The Library Loans Service
  • Library Talks

Your Office

  • Setting Up the Office
  • Everyday Tasks
  • Stationery
  • Travel information for MPs and their staff
  • Insurance for MPs
  • Data Protection
  • Freedom of Information

Your MP

  • The Members’ Handbook
  • Members and Constituency Etiquette
  • Defamation – how it applies to MPs

Researcher Extraordinaire

  • PolicyMogul – a free political monitoring and research platform
  • Writing a speech
  • How to compile a briefing for a roundtable or panel discussion
  • Handling the Media
  • Working with lobbyists

General Elections

  • Dissolution Guidance – updated 2019
  • What is ‘Prorogation’?

Who’s Who

  • List of current MPs elected to Parliament following the 2019 General Election
  • List of Ministerial Responsibilities
  • Parliamentary Digital Services (PDS)
  • Whips and Their Work
  • ‘Servants of the House’ – what the Clerks do
  • Guide to All Party Parliamentary Groups
  • Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology – POST notes
  • Peers for the Planet

In the Constituency

  • Organising events in the constituency
  • Casework
    • Introduction to Casework
    • Protocol clarified on representing constituents
    • Case management software information
    • Issue by Issue
      • Afghanistan – information for constituents seeking help
      • Immigration Casework
      • Finding legal advice for your constituents
      • Planning matters
      • Introduction to the Child Maintenance Service
      • List of waiting times for UK visa applications
      • Dealing with Service Providers and Consumer Protection (for Caseworkers and Researchers)
    • Constituency Casework Toolkit – from the Commons Library
    • Helping your constituents – A guide for MPs and their staff from the Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Preparing for a Constituency Surgery

Online Presence

  • Working with Wikipedia
    • Editing Your MP’s Wikipedia Page
    • Keeping your MP’s Wikidata Up to Date
    • Working with Wikipedia and other Foundation Projects
  • Video Recording Meetings, Events and Lectures
  • Introduction to political blogs and social media

Groups which staff can join

  • Representation
    • Conservative Women’s Parliamentary Staff Network
    • GMB Branch for MPs’ and Lords’ Staff
    • Labour Staff Network
    • Labour Women’s Parliamentary Staff Network
    • The Members and Peers’ Staff Association (MAPSA)
    • Unite Parliamentary Staff Branch
  • Workplace Equality Networks
    • ParliABLE
    • ParliCARE
    • ParliGENDER
    • ParliON
    • ParliOUT
    • ParliREACH
  • Civil Service Sports Council – Sports and Leisure
  • Other groups which staff can join at Westminster
    • All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group
    • Christians in Parliament
    • Commons and Lords Hockey
    • Commons and Lords Rugby Football Club
    • Conservative 6-a-side Football
    • Lords and Commons Tennis Club
    • Parliament Choir
    • Parliamentary Netball Group
    • Parliamentary Running Club
    • Westminster Gym
    • Westminster Wanderers Football Club
    • Women’s Parliamentary Cricket Team

Jobs

  • Finding and Posting Jobs
  • Frequently asked questions about job adverts
  • Finding a job on w4mpjobs
  • Advertising jobs with w4mp
    • Guide to Submitting Jobs
    • Guide to Submitting Jobs
    • Notes for agencies
    • Jobs we don’t accept
    • National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage and Volunteers
    • Jobs Paying Less than NMW/NLW
    • Creative Access Adverts for Traineeships in the Media
    • Real Living Wage
  • Other Places to Look for Jobs
  • Members’ Staff Security Clearance and Pre-Employment Check Questionnaire
  • Volunteering and writing opportunities
  • Volunteers
  • Example of Submitting Multiple Ads as One
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