The Master's in Social Policy aims to respond to the need for professionalisation and qualifications for managers in the social and health sectors.

Objectives
Growing and extremely diverse social needs (linked in particular to the ageing of the population, early childhood, lack of affordable housing, job insecurity, growing poverty, etc.), citizens' demanding expectations in terms of services provided and service relationships, scarce resources in a context of great institutional complexity: all these factors call into question the capacity of public action to develop active solidarity in line with the principles on which the republican pact is founded.

To meet these challenges, local and regional authorities (depending on their respective areas of competence), their associated bodies, as well as many private structures (associations, mutual societies, cooperatives, foundations, joint-stock companies) or public-private structures (such as semi-public companies) will need to recruit competent managers in the future. The Master's degree trains operational professionals to prepare for competitive examinations in the local civil service or for recruitment as managers in social establishments or social enterprises.


Courses
M2 students will undertake a 3-month placement in a social policy organisation.
As part of this process, they will write a dissertation for a final presentation.

Corporate partnerships
The Master's programme maintains close links with the social action departments of the Vaucluse, Gard and Drôme départements. General managers from the solidarity sectors, as well as functional managers, are involved in the course.
In addition, the master's programme is a member of PROMESS 84, the network of social economy players in the Vaucluse, which provides work placements and job offers, and has forged partnerships with the Regional Chamber of Social Economy (CRESS PACA) and numerous professional networks (such as the ACRRA association, the Collectif Insertion Emploi 84, EUROPLIE, the Collège Coopératif Méditerranée, etc.). The links forged with local social enterprises (LVD, Groupe SOLIMUT, etc.), whose directors are involved in the Master's programme, provide high-quality career opportunities.

Laboratory partnerships
The lecturers associated with this master's programme are members of the Laboratoire Biens, Normes et Contrats (LBNC, EA 3788) at the University of Avignon. Their research focuses on two areas: the sociology of public action, and the social economy and social entrepreneurship.
The team is made up of economists, political scientists, legal experts and managers who are members of numerous national and international scientific networks: These include the Réseau Inter-Universitaire de l'Économie Sociale et Solidaire (RIUESS), the RIHEPS (Réseau International des Hautes Études en Pratiques Sociales), the AFDT (Association Française de Droit du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale), the Association française d'Économie Sociale (AES) and the ARIMHE (Association pour la Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur le Management des Entreprises).

School partnerships
This course is supported by a solid network of professional and institutional partners in the private and public sectors (in the form of associations or limited companies): local authorities, large social enterprises, training institutes in the health and social sector, hospitals, medico-social establishments, human services or economic and social integration structures, specialised audit and training companies.
These various organisations, along with the consular chambers and employers' groups in the sector, are involved in training, and are places for qualifying work placements and potential employers for students.