Role: Blues Project – Assessments and Service Manager

Final Date for Applications: Midnight on Sunday 9th November.

To apply: Please email a copy of your CV plus up to one side of A4 outlining why you wish to be considered for this role to: admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk

Role Scope
The Blues Project is for people over 18 who would not otherwise have access to psychotherapy because they are on benefits or a low wage. The Blues Project Assessor matches these clients with a psychotherapist who will usually be either a trainee in weekly supervision, or a psychotherapist who has completed their training with The Bowlby Centre.
The role will be free from January 26, as the person currently in position steps down at the end of this calendar year. The key skill required for this role is the clinical assessment of Blues Clients. However for the right candidate, training and development may be available to someone keen to learn this specific skill. Please make this clear in your application.

Responsible for:

  • Clinical assessments of those applying for the Bowlby Centre’s low cost Therapy Service
  • Promoting the Blues Project to trainees on the Bowlby Centre’s ABPP and APL courses
  • Liaising with trainees on the Bowlby Centre’s ABPP and APL courses and their supervisors, in order to match students with appropriate Blues clients.

Responsible to:
• The Bowlby Centre  Clinical Training Committee (CTC)

Other stakeholders:
Those applying to be Blues Clients, Bowlby Trainees and Bowlby Trainee Supervisors, the Bowlby Centre Executive

Timeline: The role holder is expected to start on 1st January 2026 but it would be preferable if some hours during December 2025 could be spent with the current role holder for a planned handover. This would be especially relevant if you require some training in the client assessment process.

Applications for a role share will be considered if you are able to outline how you will divide tasks and responsibilities.

Honorarium: £2,000 per annum (to be billed in instalments at end of each term).

Role Description

  • Process applications from potential Blues Clients.
  • Monitor the referral inbox on a regular basis and signpost queries to appropriate departments
  • Meet with Blues Clients either on-line or in person, to take personal and clinical details in order to assess their needs.
  • Maintain record of Blues Client applications and assessments.
  • Identify an appropriate Trainee for Blues Clients to work with. This will also involve liaison with the Trainee’s Supervisor and Tutor.
  • Promote the service to Trainees within the relevant study years of the ABPP and APL.
  • Keep data relating to Blues Clients etc. for Annual Charity Reporting purposes
  • Propose and organise events that celebrate and promote the work of the Blues Project both internally and externally with support from CTC and Executive.
  • Update and edit assessment forms and processes as and when required with support and oversight from CTC and Executive.
  • Suggest data collection and reporting improvements if and when relevant with support from CTC and Executive.
  • Report to and liaise with Clinical Training Committee and Executive to identify ways to improve and extend the low cost therapy service.

Person Specification

  • UKCP Registration as an Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
  • A demonstrable commitment to the Bowlby Centre values including those of attachment, inclusion, and diversity.
  • Experience in carrying out clinical assessments. However if you are keen to learn the skill of assessment, some training and development may be available to the right individual who shows a passion for this area of work.
  • Ability to manage confidentiality and professional boundaries
  • Ability to communicate clearly and handle potentially sensitive information
  • Experience of confidential record keeping
  • Ability to organise workflow and processes to fit within the needs of Trainees to identify Clients.
  • An understanding of the needs of Bowlby Trainees when recommending Clients
  • A sensitivity to the needs of Blues Clients when recommending Bowlby Trainees.