PROFESSIONAL DEGREE IN LEGAL ACTIVITIES: LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ADULTS

  • Target level of study

    BAC +3

  • ECTS

    60 credits

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Law and Political Science

Presentation

The "Licence Professionnelle Mandataire Judiciaire à la Protection des Majeurs" is designed to train professionals who wish to support vulnerable people in their personal and financial affairs. The course is designed and organized in partnership with the Institut Régional du Travail Social.

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Objectives

Understand the legal and institutional framework for the legal protection of adults and the different protection regimes
Identify the scope and limits of the exercise of measures
Understand the regulatory and legal bases of social action, and the principles in force
Develop working methods and tools in line with the expectations of the reform: assessment, individualization of intervention, respect for the rights and freedoms of adults
Develop communication and budget management techniques
Develop a professional identity and ethic
Master the fundamentals of guardianship intervention

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Organization

Open on a sandwich basis

Theoretical training on the IRTS campus or at the Faculty of Law, practical training in a company. Calendar available on the IRTS and University websites.

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The course is open to apprenticeship contracts, professionalization contracts and continuing education.
The course enables students to acquire or deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge and skills.
Length of course: 1 year (September to September)
450 hours (Classes/DD/Tests)
Theoretical teaching, practical teaching, learning methods and tools for professional practice
Teaching provided by university lecturers and professionals in the field
Compulsory sandwich course or internship of at least 14 weeks for people undergoing retraining.
Compulsory, supervised course attendance.

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Internships, tutored projects

This course is open to trainees.

Program

 SEMESTER 1
> Applying the scope of protective measures and their obligations
UE 1 : Legal protection systems
UE2 : Rights and responsibilities of the protected person
UE3 : Relations with the judge and the judicial and administrative authorities

> Adapting support for the protected person
UE4 : Institutional approach to social and medico-social action and support
UE 5 : Vulnerabilities, their consequences and impacts
UE6 : Communication and modern languages

 

SEMESTER 2
> Acting as a legal protection professional
UE 7 : Budgetary management
UE8 : Asset and tax management
UE9 : MJPM professions, modes of practice, ethics and liability.
> Deepening professional knowledge
UE10 : Tutored project
UE11 : Work placement
UE12 : Internship or work-study program
UE 13 Digital tools - PIX certification

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Admission

Admission requirements

Limited number of places. Applications to be submitted on the University of Montpellier's e-candidat platform from March of each year.
The degree will be available for the start of the 2025/2026 academic year, subject to approval by the relevant authorities.

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Target audience

The course is open to people with 120 ECTS credits (bac +2)
L2 in Law, Economics, Management, Economic and Social Administration, Health and Social Sciences
DUT / BTS / BUT in social and management fields, administration, law, finance
Level 6 State social work diplomas (ASS, ES, EJE, CESF, ETS)
People in work or undergoing retraining: possibility of applying for validation of professional and personal experience (VAPP).

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And then

Further studies

> INTENDED PROFESSIONS
Graduates of the Licence professionnelle are primarily destined to work as:
Délégué mandataire judiciaire à la protection des majeurs (guardianship associations)
Mandataire judiciaire à la protection des majeurs exerçant en qualité de préposé d'établissement (fonction publique)
Mandataire judiciaire à la protection des majeurs exerçant à titre individuel (obligation d'expérience professionnelle)


> FURTHER STUDIES
Possibility of applying for Master's degrees: Admission to a two-year Master's program is granted after submitting an application on the Monsmaster website and passing a selection procedure.
Possibility of applying for CAFERUIS or CAFDES. 

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