Previous research has found that being unemployed is the most contributing factor towards the relapse rate among the drug addicts. A Career Counseling Model (CCM) was invented to increase the level of career maturity of the trainees in the rehabilitation center. This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of CCM towards the Career Maturity among the trainees. Two sample groups involved labeled as Rehabilitation A (experimental group) and Rehabilitation B (control group) with total of 64 trainees. Both groups underwent pre-test and post-test but only rehabilitation A was given CCM intervention consisting 9-sessions module. The instrument of Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was used to measure the effectiveness of the CCM while in-depth interview was conducted to identify the effectiveness of the model from trainees’ perspectives. CMI result indicated that there is a positive significant different between the pre-test (11.1563) and post-test (15.6250) within the experimental group. This point out that CCM had positive impact towards the trainee’s level of career maturity.

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.