W4mp guides
From w4mpedia
These are the guides on the main w4mp site as of August 7 2023
Current Guides
See the guides page for the current list, with links
Support in Your Job
- Members’ Services Team
- Surviving your first week in the constituency office
- Help and Advice for Staff
- Office Managers’ Virtual Drop-in – every Wednesday
- Monthly phone-in Q&A session for all MPs’ staff
- Members’ Staff Roadshows
- Employment
- Recruitment
- Hiring work experience students and interns
- Recruitment and Selection — Best Practice Guide
- Hiring Staff
- Starting Out: Applications, internships and work experience
- Quick Tips to Help You Find a Job Working for an MP
- 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
- Managing an Internship in Your Office
- Organising Work Experience in an MP’s Office
- Recruitment
- The Members’ HR Service
- Induction Sessions for MPs’ Staff
- Health & Wellbeing
- Wellness Working Group
- Publishing Pictures And Avoiding Rights Issues
- Working from Home
- Bullying and Harassment and Sexual Harassment support services
- Workplace Adjustments
- Staying sane over the summer recess
- Your Computer is More than a Typewriter (part 1)
- Your Computer is More Than a Typewriter (part 2)
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
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
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
