Higher and professional education institution in the social, medico-social and health sectors, IRTS Paris Île-de-France (Institut Régional de Travail Social Paris Île-de-France).

Present at three sites in Ile-de-France, Paris in the 10th arrondissement, Melun and Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne, IRTS Paris Ile-de-France aims to train and qualify social intervention actors: diplomas and certifications from level 5 (infra bac) to level 1 (bac+5), but also social work research

The history of the training institution is in line with the tradition of social work and its training system in France. Thus, IWH finds its foundations in Christian charity, Catholic since 1945 in a post-war context, a period that saw the emergence of important activities aimed at children and adolescents. For this establishment (not yet IRTS), the aim was to train “Catholic child assistants and monitors” to care for children with physical disabilities, who were then described as “socially maladjusted” in the provinces and in Paris. After a period of “nomadism” both in terms of training locations, financial management and organizational and training choices, the first steps of the future school of social work founded the future establishment in 1971, with the purchase of a building located at 145 avenue Parmentier in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. “From a nomad, she will soon become hospitable. First arrival: supervised education in 1984. The Centre régional de formation Île-de-France de l’Education surveillée then provides training courses there. Second arrival: the Institut social familial (ISF) in 1985. Created in 1933 in Paris under the name of Institut social familial ménager, it is a school for social service workers. In 1988, the Ecole pratique de formation sociale (school for early childhood educators), which came from the rue de Charonne and was managed by the Union familiale, entered the walls of Parmentier, completing the training structures for social workers. We should also mention the hosting of associations allowing exchanges with students, such as Animation jeunesse, an association for popular education, or Danses Beaux-arts in 1985. In 1990, the school was approved by the Ministry of Social Affairs as the Institut régional du travail social Paris-Ile-de-France. In 2004, the Institut Parmentier merged with IFRAD (Institut de formation et de recherche en aide à domicile et en établissement)” Today, the training centre has 3 establishments: one in Paris in the 10th arrondissement and two in Seine et Marne (Melun and Avon). 2018 is the first year of Erasmus + European Project (“Resicare”) partnership participation, The trainers of the institution taking part in the project work in the Family Social Economy Counsellor (CESF) stream: Line MARIALE: Social work assistant, graduated in 1989 in Paris, directed institutions for the elderly (residential homes) before practising the profession in sector versatility (general social work) in Paris. She worked in the 18th arrondissement on different districts for 13 years. Called to testify about her involvement in training institutions, she followed a university course in Paris 10 Nanterre, where she will obtain a Master 2 in Educational Sciences with a specialized clinical orientation in Professional Practice Analysis and Psychosocial Intervention in 2007. This training approach aimed to qualify her in the accompaniment of adults in training and to lead groups of people in a changing situation. She joined IRTS Paris IDF in January 2004 as part of the reform of social work training and is now involved in the training courses for social service assistants and family social economy advisors. Since 2007, she has supplemented her intervention in the professional field with support for professionals in professional situations, analysis of professional practices, team supervision and thematic approaches, particularly in relation to working with groups. These meetings, through “outside the walls” training in foreign territories with Dalila MECHAHEB (colleague and Head of the CESF sector) will give rise to her participation in research projects within the framework of a partnership between IRTS Paris IDF and a university in Chile (USCH), and more recently in the European project Resicare. lmariale@parmentieridf.asso.fr Dalila Mechaheb, a trained family social economy consultant, began her professional career in 2000 in a departmental social service in Ile de France, in sector versatility. Its main functions were centred on welcoming and supporting people in budgetary difficulties, indebtedness, over-indebtedness and/or housing problems, unpaid rent, eviction procedures, etc. Its fields of intervention evolved in 2005 and diversified into child protection, professional integration, health issues, etc. In parallel with the professional activity of social intervention, she welcomed trainees in social work and became interested in pedagogy, to continue with a Master 2 in Educational Sciences obtained in June 2006. Today and since 2005, she has been working as a trainer and training manager for apprentice social workers. These field experiences in meeting vulnerable groups have led her to further training in family and marital therapy (systemic approach), which she undertook in 2014 and completed in 2018. She has also developed and participated in international mobility projects and research projects in recent years on the issue of professional practices in social work. dmechaheb@parmentieridf.asso.fr