optimum elearning
The UK’s leading provider of online accredited training for non-medical help support workers
TRAIN WITH US TO BECOME NMH AUTISM & ADHD SUPPORT WORKER
CPD certificate
CPD accredited training consistently provides the most recent developments, practices and data.
DfE approved
Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) - DfE qualification and professional body membership - NMH Matrix approved.
Created by Experts
Our courses are developed from a range of diverse and expert voices in mental health, autism and ADHD in the UK and internationally.
Our Online Courses
Optimum Elearning is the UK’s leading provider of online accredited training for those wishing to become non-medical help support workers for the roles of:
- Specialist Mentor in Autism Spectrum Conditions (SM-ASC) or
- Specialist One-to-One Study Skills and Strategy Support for Autism Spectrum Conditions (SS-ASC),
Or if you're looking to simply upskill.
Our courses are designed to give you the essential knowledge and skills you'll need to work confidently with autistic and ADHD learners in higher education settings.
At Optimum Elearning, we are dedicated to creating courses that are both comprehensive and practical. Our courses are developed by a team of experts in the field of mental health, autism, and ADHD and are CPD and Department of Education accredited.
To work as a NMH Support Worker you'll need to meet mandatory qualifications as set by the Department for Education. However, if you're looking to simply upskill, you can enrol on our courses without any prior qualifications.
For a detailed comparison of your existing qualifications with the NMH matrix and to identify the most suitable course for you, please click on the link below.
New 04/23 DSA NMH mandatory Qualifications Matrix link.
DfE qualification requirement to deliver DSAs fundable NMH roles
THIS COURSE EQUATES TO 15 HOURS OF CPD
Non-medical helper (NMH) SKILLS TRAINING COURSE: Mentoring and Study Skills Support for autistic and ADHD students in HE
This course will equip you to work in a mentoring and study skills and strategy support capacity with autistic students...
THIS COURSE EQUATES TO 3 HOURS OF CPD
Supporting Autistic LGBTQIA+ Students in Higher Education
This course will upskill higher education professionals, including non-medical helpers, disability advisors, and those working in related areas, through driving best practice in supporting autistic LGBTQIA+ students. Autistic people are significantly more likely to identify as being LGBTQIA+ than the...
Train to become NMH (Non-Medical Helper) support worker
THIS COURSE EQUATES TO 55 HOURS OF CPD
Autism and ADHD in Higher Education: Recognising and addressing the barriers through Non-Medical Helper (NMH) Mentoring and Study Skills Support
This course is for those looking to get into NMH and want to support autistic and ADHD students in HE...
Professional Development
If you’d like to learn more, or have a requirement you’d like to discuss, call our friendly team or email us - we’d be happy to help you design the training you need.
1- Day live online training CPD accredited
THIS TRAINING EQUATES TO 4 HOURS OF CPD
ADHD in Higher Education
ADHD students have individual support needs necessitating specialist awareness and strategies.
This 1 – Day live online training provides key support strategies and techniques for Inclusion, Disability and Wellbeing teams, Personal Tutors, Mentors and Study Skills Support Workers, professionals in Higher Education looking to upskill themselves on how to support ADHD students.
About Us
As the UK’s only dedicated leading provider of online training for non-medical help support workers, we bring together theory and practice. Through a series of online courses, workshops and webinars throughout the year, we aim to present evidence-based practice training that integrates the best research evidence of clinical expertise and professional knowledge to practitioners; with a view to furthering their continuing professional development.
What Our Participants Say
This course has transformed how I work with autistic and ADHD students. I feel better equipped to predict study needs in the classroom and empowered to have practical strategies to employ in my professional practice. I am keen to start doing more for my neurodivergent learners and operate with more confidence around both those that identify as such and those that might want to. For example, I want to build in / build up different ways to ameliorate barriers and perhaps challenge some of the traditional thinking that still dominates the profession and my own practices.
ZACH STAHL, HEAD OF LIBRARY AND CAREERS
I wish everyone could take the course to understand better how to interact with neurodivergent people as it would make life so much easier for them
AMY WILKES, TEACHER
Very well structured and clearly presented ideas.
ELLEN OWENS, DIABILITY ADVISOR
The course gave me a more detailed understanding of the challenges students face. This helped me to think about how I can adapt strategies to better support students.
CRAIG MYERS, NMH SUPPORT WORKER
I feel more empowered to be bold and say to colleagues that an individualised approach is key and assumptions must not be made.
ROB WATTS, TEACHER
I liked the variety of ways of presenting and different viewpoints. The quality of the examples and scenarios presented in the course were excellent. It made me reassess my attitude to ADHD.
ALICE BALL, NMH SUPPORT WORKER
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