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My Social Care Online

To use all the features of Social Care Online you will need a My SCIE account. This account will give you full access to all of SCIE's websites and will also create a My Social Care Online account.

Information about the different sections of your My Social Care Online account can be found below.

My details

This page summarises information about you, the Mailing lists you subscribe to and your areas of interest. This information links to SCIE services and resources and ensures you are kept up to date with the work we are doing. Tell us about your Areas of interest and we will send you information about SCIE’s work based on your preferences.

From here you can update or amend your details and interests.

My topics

Use this to receive updates on topics you are interested in. You will automatically receive an email containing the title of the item and a link to the reference as they are added to Social Care Online.

You can choose to receive updates on any number of topics, at any level of the topic tree. You can also choose how often you want to receive updates daily, weekly or monthly.

Select topics by using the topic tree. Expand the list by clicking on the plus signs, then tick the topics you are interested in. You can remove a tick by clicking on the box a second time. Once you have selected all the topics you are interested in, click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.

My events

This feature allows you to publicise your social care events. It is free to use. Events must be relevant to the social care sector. Events deemed inappropriate will be removed from the list.

Adding events

To add a new event use the ‘Add event’ link. Complete all the boxes of the form and save the details.

The event form

Field			Notes
Event title:			Use this field to provide the title of the event. This information will be displayed in your 'My events' list.
Description:			Use this field to provide a description of the event. Information about the event's audience can be included here. This description must be less than 3900 characters.
Venue:			Use this field to give the full address of the venue.
Username:			This information will be added automatically from your details.
Organisation:			This information will be added automatically from your details.
Town/city:			Use this field to provide the town or city the event will be held in. This field will help visitors quickly identify where an event is being held.
Region:			Use this field to select your region from the drop-down menu.
Start date:			Use this field to provide the date of your event. If it is a multi-day event, this should be the first day of your event. It must be entered in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy
End date:			Use this field to provide the last day of a multi-day event. If your event only lasts for a single day, you do not need to enter an End date. It must be entered in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy
Appear from:			Use this field to provide the date that your event should be displayed on Social Care Online from. It must be entered in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy
Remove on:			Use this field to provide the date that your event should be removed from Social Care Online on. This should be either the date that booking closes or the last day of the event. It must be entered in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy
Link:			Use this field to give a single link to an external website or document that provides more information about the event. The link should be given in full, i.e. http://www.scie.org.uk/
Topics:			Use this field to add topics to your event from the Social Care Online topic tree. Visitors browsing the topic tree or searching by topic will not see an event unless it has topic terms added. Topics should be selected by clicking on the 'Add' button next to this field. This will open a new browser window in which you can select topics from the topic tree by clicking on them. Once you have selected all the relevant terms, click the OK button to return to the form. Alternatively, you can select your topic terms from the Alphabetical topic tree and then type them into the box directly. Each term should be followed by a semi-colon (;).

Once the event is added, you can return and update or delete the event by clicking on its title in your  'My events' box.

Viewing events

Click on the Events list link on the left-hand side of the page. Events will be displayed as a list, which can be sorted by date or region. You will also find events in your results when you search Social Care Online or browse the topic tree.

My searches

Complex searches can be formulated and saved using the Advanced Search. Saved searches will be listed under My searches. You can run, edit or delete saved searches from the Advanced search page or from My Searches.

Email update: check the tick box to automatically receive emails when new items are added to Social Care that meet your saved search criteria.

You can use the RSS feed button to subscribe the searches as RSS feeds. Simply copy and paste the URL on your RSS page into your RSS reader.

Find more about RSS Feeds

My reading list

The reading list can be used to create a list of records that you consider useful.
To add to your reading list click the 'Add to reading list' link below a record in the results page.

 

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