The Effectiveness of Nadas Career Counseling Model towards Career Maturity and Self-Concept of Former Drug Addicts: A Qualitative Study

Chronic unemployment is seen to be one of the most contributing factors of relapse among drug addicts in Malaysia. Many interventions had been implemented by the government to helps the client with fully abstinent. However, the number of drug addicts can’t be deemed to be reduced especially for those who are unemployed. Thus, NADA’s Career Counseling Model had been developed to intervened with the unemployment issue among drug addicts to prevent relapse. 25 participants had been involved in this research with the aimed to identify the effectiveness of NADA’s Career Counseling Model through a qualitative approach. 10 sessions had been conducted with directed counseling module which emphasized on the self-concept and career maturity of the former drug addicts. Facilitator's observation, semi-structured written interview, and in-depth interview had been considered as the research finding to determine the effectiveness of the Career Counseling Model in enhancing their self-concept and career maturity.