TTLV: Advocacy for community-based employment support for drug addicts after rehabilitation in Vinh Phuc province

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Le Thi Ngoc Anh. 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: July 16, 1987

4. Place of birth: Hoang Dan - Tam Duong - Vinh Phuc

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1936/2011/QD dated October 10, 2011 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: None

7. Thesis topic name: “Advocacy for community-based employment support for drug addicts in Vinh Phuc province”

8. Major: Social work 9.Code: 60.90.01.01

10. Scientific advisor: Dr. Nguyen To Nhu, Deputy Director of Family Health International in Vietnam (FHI360).

11. Summary of thesis results:

The study has provided concepts and theories applicable in supporting post-addiction people in finding jobs.

At the same time, research has shown that the jobs of people after rehabilitation are quite diverse, but they face difficulties in finding jobs when reintegrating into the community. Factors of inferiority, self-consciousness as well as personal characteristics of the people after rehabilitation and the stigma of the community are the main factors causing this situation.

Provide solutions to enhance the ability to self-advocate and find jobs for people after drug rehabilitation, and support from community systems to help people after drug rehabilitation stabilize their lives and contribute to building society.

12. Practical applicability: Currently, community-based assistance and advocacy for drug addicts after rehabilitation is a suitable direction that can meet the practical needs set forth.

13. Further research directions: vocational training, job search for drug addicts after rehabilitation in Vinh Phuc province are posing many issues that need to be solved. Their demographic characteristics, social network, and policies of the political system that affect the employment of drug addicts after rehabilitation are posing many issues that need to be further studied. In particular, expanding the research space, expanding the research subjects... will give more in-depth and comprehensive research results. That is the basis for building more feasible solutions and recommendations to increase and expand job search opportunities, help drug addicts reintegrate into the community more quickly and effectively, contributing to the most effective drug prevention and control.

14. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Le Thi Ngoc Anh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: July 16, 1988

4. Place of birth: Hoang Dan commune, Tam Duong district, Vinh Phuc province

5. Admission decision number: 1936/2011 /QD Date: October 10 /2011 Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: The defense in supporting jobs for people after drug detoxification depending on the community in Vinh Phuc province

8. Major: Social work 9. Code: 60.90.01.01

10. Supervisors: Dr. Nguyen To Nhu

The Deputy Manager of the Family Health International Organization in Vietnam (FHI360)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The research is going to give some definitions and theoretical applications in supporting jobs for people after drug detoxification.

Also, it shows that their jobs are quite varied. However, they meet many difficulties in finding jobs when they reintegrate in the community. The main factors for this are their inferiority, guilt and personal characteristics as well as community stigma.

This thesis provides them some solutions to enhance self-defense ability and self-seeking jobs. Moreover, the assistance of some systems in the community helps them stabilize their life and contribute to building our society.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

Nowadays, the assistance and defense for people after drug detoxification depending on the community is suitable for our real life.

13. Further research directions, if any:

The vocational training, job seeking for people after drug detoxification depending on the community in Vinh Phuc province is asking for the solutions. We must keep on researching other issues relating demographic characteristics, social networks, the impacts of policies of the political systems on employment for them

In general, the expansion of research space and objects is going to give the deeper and more comprehensive results. It is the basis to build more feasible solutions and recommandations in order to enlarge job opportunity and help them reintegrate in the community more quickly and effectively, contribute to drug prevention with the highest efficiency

14. Thesis-related publications: No

Hanoi, October, 24, 2014