All MP Staff Q&A Session – Creating a safe workplace for Members’ staff – guidance on bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct
10:00 – 10:45 – Thursday 10 June 2021
Open to all of the staff of MPs. For further information and booking, please see https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=4492
This session, aimed at MPs and their HR proxies, is run by the Members’ HR Advice Service to supplement the Best Practice Guide to Office Restructures.
The session will provide information about how to manage restructuring the office when you are considering reorganising your staffing resources to respond to changing priorities. It will cover employer responsibilities and provide practical advice about the best practice approach to managing the restructure process effectively. This will help you to ensure staff are treated fairly, properly consulted, and supported.
More information about the support available from the Members’ HR Advice Service will also be provided
See here for further information and booking:
17 June 2021 – 10:00 – 10:45 – https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=4438
1 July 2021 – 10:00 – 10:45 – https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=4439
Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.
https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/
Members’ staff are invited to learn more about the Vote Office and the services we offer to support their work.
Friday 11 Jun 2021, 11:00 – 11:40 on MS Teams
Booking essential. For full details please see here
The Learning and Development has arranged some new law training sessions in March. Please book yourself onto them using the intranet links below.
Introduction to housing law: Homelessness
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3874
Introduction to housing law: Security of tenure
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3876
Introduction to housing law: Social housing
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3877
Introduction to housing law: Disrepair
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3875
The Law and Special Educational Needs
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3878
Introduction to Anti-Social Behaviour and the Law
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3879
Universal Credit Overview
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3036
Office Manager- Getting started
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3492
Please note that the waiting list function is not available at the moment, therefore, please go to the Act pages regularly to check the availabilities. Please also note that these courses may be arranged in the future but we do not have the dates yet.
Who should attend this course?
Think you know about searching online? Do you type a word or two into Google and find what you think you’re looking for?
This course focuses on effective research techniques and strategies to retrieve meaningful results when searching the internet as well as an introduction to other search tools.
This training course is open to any Intranet user who wants to improve their web searching and learn techniques for constructing successful searches.
Course overview and content
The Find It Online course focuses on effective research techniques and strategies to retrieve meaningful results when searching the internet as well as an introduction to other search tools i.e. Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo
This course is part of the Library’s Find It training programme.
Learning objectives
This course will equip you with skills to control and minimise your search results and help you understand:
connectors to combine search terms
alternative search query types to narrow results to specific type of materials(s) or website(s)
advanced skills to construct effective search strategies
how to evaluate search results
Approach
The course will be a mix of:
presentation and online demonstrations
examples to work through to help you grasp different search techniques
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and explore aspects of searching online that are particularly interesting for you.
To view course dates and book, please visit
https://parliament.learningpool.com/enrol/index.php?id=87
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests will be holding seminars virtually (via MS Teams) until further notice, with each lasting about an hour.
How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
This seminar will cover:
Forthcoming dates:
Please email [email protected] to tell them your preferred date. They will then email you the joining instructions. These will include a link to the MS Teams App, which you should download and install before the meeting if you do not already have it on the device that you will be using to attend the meeting.
If the dates above are unsuitable please tell them and they will contact you when further dates are arranged.
JustUs advocates for people when they’re homeless to access the statutory support they are eligible for.
They currently offer training via Zoom on Homelessness Law aimed at new and experienced front line workers and volunteers as well as managers of services that regularly have contact with homeless people. The course provides:
Please see their website for details of how to book: http://www.justus.org.uk/
Policy in Practice are presenting a free online webinar: Recap of the major benefits changes and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
10:30 – 11:30, Wednesday 8 April 2020
Registration required: http://policyinpractice.co.uk/events/
As new measures to control Coronavirus (COVID-19) are introduced Policy in Practice’s Head of Policy, Zoe Charlesworth, summarises the major changes to the welfare system that have been made.
Zoe will also share new analysis we’ve done to show the impact of the new measures and how they will help households hit by Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Join this webinar to learn:
Here is the current list of training courses from the Parliamentary Learning & Development Team that staff can sign up for.
Courses are free of charge to all Members’ staff who are paid through IPSA’s staffing allowance and travel costs to training events can be met from the expenses scheme administered by IPSA.
There are two new courses:
Full details can be found in the training section of the Parliamentary Intranet.
The full course catalogue is available via Act – the Parliamentary learning management system.
| Course | Date | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisory Management Course | 24.01.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 29.01.20 | Newcastle |
| Managing Suicidal Conversations - NEW COURSE | 29.01.20 | Westminster |
| Writing a Brief | 30.01.20 | Westminster |
| Role of the Office Manager Programme (CMI endorsed) | 31.01.20 | Westminster |
| - 3 day course - you must be able to attend all 3 days | 21.02.20 | |
| 27.03.20 | ||
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 04.02.20 | Westminster |
| Introduction to Welfare Benefits | 05.02.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 06.02.20 | Exeter |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 06.02.20 | Edinburgh |
| Speech Writing | 06.02.20 | Westminster |
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 07.02.20 | Manchester |
| Asylum and International Protection | 12.02.20 | Westminster |
| Media Handling and Social Media | 13.02.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 13.02.20 | Westminster |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 18.02.20 | Westminster |
| Advice and Effective Casework Interviewing Skills - NEW COURSE | 19.02.20 | Westminster |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 20.02.20 | Westminster |
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 21.02.20 | Cardiff |
| Members' Staff Induction | 24.02.20 | Westminster |
| Managing Suicidal Conversations - NEW COURSE | 25.02.20 | Westminster |
| Immigration Law | 26.02.20 | Edinburgh |
| Introduction to Welfare Benefits | 27.02.20 | Glasgow |
| Speech Writing | 27.02.20 | Westminster |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 04.03.20 | Birmingham |
| Writing a Brief | 04.03.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 05.03.20 | Westminster |
| Immigration Law | 09.03.20 | Cardiff |
| Advice and Effective Casework Interviewing Skills - NEW COURSE | 10.03.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 10.03.20 | Leeds |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 12.03.20 | Manchester |
| Media Handling and Social Media | 17.03.20 | Exeter |
| Immigration Law | 18.03.20 | Leeds |
| Asylum and International Protection | 19.03.20 | Manchester |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 19.03.20 | Edinburgh |
| Immigration Law | 23.03.20 | Birmingham |
| Members' Staff Induction | 26.03.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 26.03.20 | Glasgow |
| Immigration Law | 27.03.20 | Westminster |
Training, networking and support for those in and around Westminster