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In-house or outsourced; NMH student support solutions to suit every education provider

Non-Medical Help Support Services

Whether it is funded by DSA or by the education provider, Clear Links has delivered the highest standard of NMH support to students at more than 350 HEPs since 2006.

Clear Links is the leading specialist NMH support provider nationwide. This is thanks to the sole focus on providing our innovative, reliable, quality support services to disabled students.

Clear Links’ office staff hold qualifications covering Dyslexia, ASC, Notetaker training, Sighted Guide, Sight impairment, D/deaf and hearing awareness.

Why is it important?

It gives us a true understanding of the wide array of student circumstances. This is critical to delivering the highest standard of service.

As well as disability specialists, we also have former disability services managers in house.

How does Clear Links help?

We have extensive insights into the issues and challenges faced by HEPs, students and support workers.

Thanks to the expertise and experience of our team, our bespoke systems and our dedication to the sector, we achieved a 100% satisfaction with our HEP partners this year.

A genuine commitment means clear, meaningful metrics and results, not just words.

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It has a direct impact on my academic performance and development; in addition to my overall wellbeing and mental health.

Student feedback

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Clear Links’ specialist service is flexible, collaborative and brings certainty to our ambition to deliver the best quality and reliability of services to our students.

Disability Team Manager

Clear Links Services

Recruitment & Training
  • Recruitment of support workers – this includes advertising, reviewing applications, taking up references, interviewing all applicants, checking eligibility to work and relevant qualifications and memberships
  • Training NMH support workers (our in-house training staff are disability practitioners with specialist qualifications)

Our dedicated recruitment team ensures there is sufficient capacity to supply.

A nationwide network of support workers has been built since 2006 thanks to our supportive culture and excellent benefits.

Looking after our support workers and being committed to continuous improvement has a direct impact on service quality and student satisfaction.


Matching & Delivery
  • Matching students to suitable support workers and managing the day to day provision
  • Delivering the NMH support worker service, its practices, policies and procedures
  • Dealing with all queries and issues arising from the NMH support work service

You can view our current matching speed on the homepage.


Crystal Portal
  • For students to check NMH support details and to confirm their support sessions
  • For education providers disability service to refer students, access live management information and to monitor students’ support matching status, usage of support hours and funding spends
  • For support workers to view working practices, role descriptions and guidance, and to submit timesheets and any support records required

It takes students less than 40 seconds on average to log in and confirm timesheets.

Our team of developers has built Crystal to be powerful, reliable and easy to use.


Quality Assurance

Quality assurance for the service by liaising with student and support workers to:

  • Monitor adherence to KPIs and service standards
  • Ensure uptake of support

We receive thousands of feedback responses from the students we support every year; of those respondents, we consistently achieve 99% student satisfaction year after year.

We encourage feedback from all students we support and have consistently achieved 99% student satisfaction in the last five years.

Clear Links’ services contribute to improved student experience, satisfaction, and retention rates.


Payroll & Invoicing

Operating the payroll for the NMH support workers weekly

  • Managing all payroll enquiries
  • Regular invoicing to the relevant funding body
  • Taking responsibility for invoice queries

Want to know more about Clear Links services?

We work with over 300 HEPs in the UK, with services ranging from software for in-house provision to fully outsourced managed services. Whatever your specific education providers requirements are, Clear Links will have a solution for you.

With more than 40 office staff ready to help, you can find answers to your questions today!

Call us on 0114 278 6866

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