Non-Medical Help (NMH) – DfE qualification and professional body membership requirements to deliver DSA’s fundable NMH roles
Version 2 Revised August 2019
Band |
Title |
1 |
Sighted Guide |
1 |
Practical support assistant |
1 |
Library support assistant |
1 |
Reader |
1 |
Scribe |
1 |
Workshop / laboratory assistant |
1 |
Proof-reader / text checker |
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2 |
Note taker |
2 |
Study assistant |
2 |
Examination Support Worker |
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3 |
Communication Support Worker (CSW) |
3 |
Communication Support Worker working with British Sign Language user (CSW-BSL) |
3 |
Lip speaker |
3 |
Specialist Notetaker for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students – Includes Electronic Note Taking |
3 |
Specialist Notetaker for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students – Speech to Text Reporter (STTR) |
3 |
Specialist Notetaker for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students – Respeaking |
3 |
Specialist Notetaker for Visually Impaired (VI) students – including Braille |
3 |
Specialist Transcription Service |
3 |
Mobility Trainer |
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4 |
Specialist Mentor – Mental Health Difficulties (MH) |
4 |
Specialist Mentor – Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) |
4 |
Specialist one-to-one Study Skills and Strategy Support – Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) |
4 |
Specialist one-to-one Study Skills and Strategy Support – Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) |
4 |
British Sign Language interpreter (BSL) – includes Interpreter for deaf or deafblind students. (See Appendix 1 at the end of the matrix) |
4 |
Assistive Technology Trainers (AST) |
4 |
Specialist Support Professional for Students with Sensory Impairment – Deaf students (HI) |
4 |
Specialist Support Professional for Students with Sensory Impairment – Vision impairment (VI) |
4 |
Specialist Support Professional for Students with Sensory Impairment – Multi-sensory Impairment (MSI) |