Your Job

• Application Tips
  • Quick Tips to Help You Find a Job Working for an MP
  • 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

Casework

• Introduction to Casework
• Protocol clarified on representing constituents
• Case management software information
• Issue by Issue
  • 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

Your Office

• 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
  • Booking committee and meeting rooms
  • How to get photos of your MP in the chamber
  • Parliamentary Outreach – free service for the public
  • Managing an MP’s Diary
• Laptop security
• Twelve Months in a Constituency Office

Research

• Welcome
  • Access to refreshment facilities in the Palace of Westminster
  • Finding your way: Maps of the Parliamentary Estate
• Your Employment
  • Redundancy
  • Maternity Leave and Pay for MPs’ Staff
  • Staff salary scales
  • On-site nursery at Westminster
  • Promotion of a Political Party: Guidance from IPSA and the Information Commissioner
  • 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
• Your MP: Basic Info
  • Glossary of Parliamentary Terms
  • Handling Lobbyists
  • theyworkforyou.com website
  • Speechwriting for Party Conferences
• Political links and know-how
  • Useful Internet Tools for Staff
  • Politics-related websites – Keele University links
  • Political opinion polling

Parliament

• How it works
  • Legislation: Statutory Instruments made simple
  • Legislation: Working on Public Bills

Others