The researcher focused on the process of Islamic guidance and counseling for the beneficiaries of Mardi Utomo social Rehabilitation Centre Semarang because a reason that Mardi Utomo reached the good reputation in conducting rehabilitation to the beneficiaries. Moreover, to handle the problem of beneficiaries consist of beggars, vagrants and homeless who face complex difficulties on their life, there should be a systematic social guidance covers both physically and spiritually like what had been developed by the institution of Mardi Utomo Semarang. Therefore, this study is expected to give a strategic contribution especially related to Islamic guidance and counseling development.
This is a case study of descriptive qualitative research which applied the methods of collecting data such as: interview, observation and documentation. Besides that, this study used categorization and inductive thinking technique in analysis process. In drawing a conclusion, this study applied the model developed by Miles, namely; data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion.
The result of this research shows that in general, Islamic guidance and counseling model that is implemented in Mardi Utomo Semarang is Mau’izhah Hasanah by Hikmah. In Dakwah perspective, it is included Dakwah Fi’ah Katsirah Bi ahsani qaul. The material is focused on understanding about shalat supported by some important materials like religious motivation, faith and morality. It applies some methods such as speech, learn and coaching, demonstration, discussion and consultation method. These methods are implemented by using the technique either personal or group approaches.
There are some supporting and handicap factors in implementing Islamic guidance and counseling for the beneficiaries of Mardi Utomo, Semarang. The supporting factors such as: all the beneficiaries in this period of 2012-2013 are Muslim, the executor is directly supported and implemented by capable stake holder (Islamic counselors of Ministry of Religious Affairs), and there is a will of some beneficiaries to share their religious problem. The handicap factors like various life background and problems of beneficiaries, disturbance of children who follow their parent during the activity, laziness of beneficiaries, and limitation schedule that is provided by the institution.
Basically, the implementation of Islamic guidance and counseling for the beneficiaries is not optimal. The indications are: there is no guideline or operational procedure in detail form (SOP/SAP), there are some inconsistence relation between the syllabus and the implementation, there is no innovative media used so that the activity is monotone, less interest of beneficiaries to join the activity, the materials are not well-design, and the output is not predictable. Therefore, the researcher gives some alternative ways to overcome these weaknesses, such as: conducting pre and post test as the basic source to inventory the beneficiaries’ problem, arranging the detail SOP (Standard Operational Procedure) and SAP (Satuan Acara Penyuluhan), stimulating the interest of beneficiaries by developing innovative media, and making a detail report of spiritual development of beneficiaries as reference before conducting program evaluation.