4th December 2024 11:32 am
The Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works. You can read about the site’s history, or get in touch with suggestions or feedback, or find out about the help and advice available to staff from the House of Commons, including the IGCS Behaviour Code. It is also home to the UK’s largest listing of political jobs, at w4mpjobs.
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Latest News
- Training: Staying safe and secure across Meta technologiesMeta are hosting a virtual training for MPs and their staffers to showcase the tools they can use to stay safe and secure across Meta technologies next week Friday 6th Dec at 10h00. As part of this training, they will also cover…
- Last posting dates for ChristmasThe last recommended posting dates this Christmas are: 1st Class mail: Friday 20 December 2nd Class mail: Wednesday 18 December. Overseas dates may be considerably earlier – see https://www.royalmail.com/christmas/last-posting-dates for details.
- Behaviour Code Training for MPs’ StaffThis training is essential for all MPs staff, and it is booked up many weeks in advance. Please do book on to the first available course here: Course: Behaviour Code – Why it matters for all new Members’ Staff. The Behaviour Code…
- Refugee Resettlement to the UK: How does it work?A training session provided by the House of Commons, aimed at Member’s staff caseworkers. Time: 15:00 – 16:30Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024Location: OnlineBooking essential – https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1918 Casework and correspondence to MPs from resettled refugees in constituencies across the UK has grown in…
- Men’s Health Awareness stall10:30 – 15:30 on Tuesday 26 November 2024 To mark Men’s Health Awareness Month, the Parliamentary Health and Wellbeing Service (PHWS) and Parligender have partnered together with Andy’s Man Club and Prostate Cancer UK. Andy’s Man Club are a charity who raise awareness for…
- The Staff RoomNext Wednesday (27 Nov) The House magazine will publish the first edition of a new bi-weekly newsletter, The Staff Room, written by and for MPs’ staff. It will meet the increasing professionalisation needs of its audience; you’ll learn how to support MPs with parliamentary duties,…
w4mp and ParliNet
ParliNet, available to those with a parliamentary login, contains everything you need to stay connected to the parliamentary community. Use it to find information like catering menus, events, contact numbers, and the latest news. If you find any links on w4mp to the old intranet, please let us know.
To access the hotlines on Parlinet you can follow this direct link. To search the document use the SharePoint search box by typing CTRL-F / CMD-F.
Are you OK?
Are you OK? How are you coping? Do you need to talk to someone?
An MP’s office can be a busy and stressful environment at the best of times, and over the past few weeks, staff have been under a lot of extra pressure.
The work we do can put a strain on our mental health and wellbeing, and we can often feel isolated. If you are finding it difficult to cope, or just need someone to talk to, or somewhere to offload, please remember that help is available.
The Wellness Working Group offers lots of useful information advice and you can access their hub here: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub
Please ring the helpline and talk to someone. It’s what it’s there for.
Health Assured provides an independent support service to MPs’ staff, it is completely confidential, free and can be accessed 24/7 by phone, online portal and app. You can access support for any issue you are struggling with, it doesn’t have to be work related. Look here for further information, their helpline number and a link to access the service: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub/SitePages/What-suport-is-there-.aspx
What we do at w4mp
Read a welcome to the site from Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons
Archived guides can be found on the w4mp archive. They should not be relied on as expressions of current practice.
Our humourous alt.guides can be found on alt.w4mp.org, along with an archive of Hoby cartoons.
“The MPs’ assistants and researchers walk at twice the pace of everyone else and their eyes burn twice as fiercely” John Crace, The Guardian, 14 May 2015
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