| A Working for an MP Guide | ||
| Pre-2014 Guides | ||
| First Published | 7 May 2010 | w4mp |
| Last Updated | 30 January 2012 | w4mp |
| Last Reviewed | 1 January 2014 | w4mp |
| Unamended version copied from old Guide | ||
Here you will find guides, documents and other useful material. We are continuing to stock our library and we welcome suggestions for new material. Some guides are written by us or other staff working for MPs and some originate from various House Departments or our good friends in the House of Commons Library.
This index is to all guides brought over to the new w4mp site in 2013. They are being reviewed and added to the main Guides page as this is done.
Starting Out: Applications, Internships and Work Experience – getting a job
You and Your Job: The Facts – crucial startup info
Parliament: Users’ Guide – the knowledge
Casework – essential tools
Your Office – vital skills
You can also see the index of Standard Notes from the House of Commons Library
Starting Out: Applications, internships and work experience
- Welcome
- Your Employment
- Redundancy
- Maternity Leave and Pay for MPs’ Staff
- Staff salary scales
- Training courses for MPs’ Staff
- Union membership for MPs’ Staff
- On-site nursery at Westminster
- Promotion of a Political Party: Guidance from IPSA and the Information Commissioner
- Help at Work for All Staff
- Employment Rights
- Commons Personnel Advice Service
- Do you need to register as self-employed?
- Working from Home: A guide for those who work for an MP
- Dissolution 2015
- Your MP: Basic Info
- Political links and know-how
- Who’s Who
- Guide to All Party Parliamentary Groups
- PICT (Parl’y Info Communication & Technology) – what they offer
- List of Ministerial Responsibilities
- ‘Servants of the House’ – what the Clerks do
- List of current MPs elected to Parliament following the 2010 General Election
- Parl’y Office of Science & Technology – POST notes
- Whips and Their Work
- The Library
- 10 things the Library can do for you
- Guides to Commons Library Services
- The Library Loans Service
- Online resources from the Commons Library
- Library Contact Scheme
- Commons Library Directory of Subject Specialists – latest version
- Debate Packs from the Commons Library
- Library Briefing Papers (Research Papers and Standard Notes)
- How it works
- Researcher Extraordinaire
- Online Parliamentary Archives catalogue
- Planning and Management
- Issue by Issue
- Tools and Resources
- Help for helping your constituents – New guide for MPs and their staff from the Citizens Advice Bureau
- Organising things: Diary, meetings and events
- Organising a Meeting in Parliament
- Bulk emails – the DOs and DON’Ts
- How to stop junk faxes, junk mail and unwanted sales calls
- Email etiquette
- Managing an MP’s Diary
- Booking committee and meeting rooms
- Today’s Meetings – where to find them all
- How to get photos of your MP in the chamber
- Parliamentary Outreach – free service for the public
- Diary Management – Never miss another appointment
- Visits
- Hiring work experience students and interns
- Paying for security costs in your constituency
- Using the Library from the Constituency
- Organising events in the constituency
- Laptop security
- Security at Westminster and in Constituency Offices
- Hiring Staff Part 1 – Recruitment
- Hiring Staff – Part 2 Interviewing
- Hiring Staff – Part 3 Induction
- Twelve Months in a Constituency Office
- Freedom of Information and Data Protection issues
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