diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 82a2429e..1a3d973e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'async/container'
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   protect_from_forgery
 
-  helper_method :current_user, :user_signed_in?
+  helper_method :current_user, :support_staff?, :user_signed_in?
 
   before_action :set_locale
 
@@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     return_to || root_path
   end
 
+  def support_staff?
+    current_user&.support_staff?
+  end
+
   def support_staff_only
-    unless current_user&.support_staff?
-      raise AccessDenied, "Support staff only"
-    end
+    raise AccessDenied, "Support staff only" unless support_staff?
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 91f870c8..3e55c8ee 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     !@hide_home_link
   end
 
-  def support_staff?
-    user_signed_in? && current_user.support_staff?
-  end
-
   def impress_2020_meta_tags
     origin = Rails.configuration.impress_2020_origin
     support_secret = Rails.application.credentials.dig(