On
arriving at
www.carevista.net
this is the screen you will see:
Figure
1
If
you don’t know or don’t have your user name please follows the appropriate
link. You cannot register yourself any
other way as the public user has a different view and cannot see ‘social care
beds’ and other information for your eyes only.
Log
in
Put
in the user login and password you have been given into the relevant fields and
then click on the “Login” button.
On your first login you will then get the following screen, which asks you want to change your password.
Figure 2
Change your password to something of 6 characters or more, which you will remember.
Once
you have changed your password you will get the following screen: -
Figure 3
Click
on “Click me to continue” and you will go to the following welcome page.
You
will not need to go through this process again as when you login the next time
it will ask for your login and then your new password and take you straight to
Fig. 4
Figure 4
Vacancy Search (looking for a vacancy)
Use
the drop down menus (grey arrows) to choose the relevant criteria and then
click on the “search for home with vacancy matching my criteria” Bright blue
button at the bottom left of the page.
If at this point you are looking for
1. A specific home and have the name or postcode type either in and click on Get Homes
2.
Select the County
3.
Select the vacancy type required
4.
Expand Client type and select, then, shrink client type
Explanation of stay types ALL
is home has said that whilst there is a vacancy they are willing to accept
respite or any stay type.
Long
term Permanent
Short
term from a few weeks to a few months (or DAY CARE where home
advertising)
Respite
Available for respite care
only
An
example of a result of a vacancy search is shown below for an example: ‘Bristol, DE client in a nursing bed’
Figure 5
Some
searches may generate more than one page of results. This will be displayed,
for example as “Showing homes 1 to 7 of 17” on the left side of the page. This
means the search has given you 17 results over several pages. If you want to
view the homes on the other pages just click on the blue highlighted area with
“Next Page” written on it.
On
this occasion the example has 1 result. (The most you will see is 7 to a page).
If
you wish to view all of your results they can be viewed by going to the bottom
left corner of your screen and clicking on the printer
friendly version you can scroll up and down your results (Much easier
than scrolling across)
If
the search does not display any homes, or any that you believe suitable or you
are aware of a home, which definitely meets the criteria but it is not
displayed, then click on “Search for all homes”. This will display all
homes that meet the criteria of the patient you have entered whether they have
a vacancy or not. Additionally on the right hand edge a tick
So
although you might have been looking for a Nursing vacancy for a DEM client in
All homes meeting Criteria of care
Figure 6
For
each search you will be given a unique search reference number. Type a cross reference
in (3). You can then save the search by clicking on the relevant button.
You can enter any non-confidential information in this box that would assist
you when reviewing this later. This means no names or addresses of clients are
to be entered.
Figure 7
Home
details
If
you then click on the blue underlined home name of the home you are interested
in, this will display all the details about that home and the vacancy – for
example, see below:- Fig 12
Or
Start a new search
Figure 8
To
review an existing search use the “My searches” option and select
the desired search from the drop down list.
The
“group searches” button will display all current searches from all
members of your team i.e. South
Each
search can be refined or re queried and any additional information added to the
notes.
If
the search is no longer required then it is possible to “delete” the
search using the appropriate button on the right.
By
clicking on the heading “Notification” link in the top menu you can
see all current notifications (Figure 11) that you have requested. Each search
reference may have generated multiple notification requests. Notification
requests can be deleted individually if no longer required. Alternatively you
may wish to delete all notifications.
.
Figure 9
If you wish to print off a page of your results they can be printed by going to the bottom left corner of your screen
Figure
10
This will bring up the following screen click for the complete result page
Figure 11
Use
this option to view the details of all the homes. Just click on the home you
wish to view from the list on the left side. An example
of a possible result of is shown below Fig 14
Figure 12
There
are several changes here from the old site, you are able to see the access of
the home, type of rooms in the home, the costs of the rooms to the public and
social care if the current bed vacancy is available at ‘social care rates’ or
‘client dependent’.
If
you want further details on this home there is now a ‘more details’
button
Summary of all Vacancies
When you click on summary of all homes with vacancies it will give you the following information: - Fig 13
This
is an overview of all vacancies. By any county selected
Figure
13
If you select the county you want
then click on any of the categories written in blue under ‘HomeType’ you will be
shown all the homes with vacancies in that category. This is not a
recommended way of searching for a vacancy!
This is because you are not looking for a specific client type.
This page contains links to other web sites and
information that may be useful in a search for Nursing and Residential Care,
including the emergency contacts for Social Care.
Figure 14
Ensure you log off when you are finished from the blue bar menu