We offer a non-confrontational, unconditional acceptance to the children and young people who are our service users. Aiming to separate the children from their behaviour and to challenge unacceptable behaviour in a non-confrontational way. We spend a lot of time training staff and volunteers in the understanding of these practice theories. Both our staff and service users know that a child/young person can leave the project, be taken home at any time and withdraw from the work. On their initial visit to Dreadnought a young person will have this explained to them. Children and young people are not ‘sent‘ to Dreadnought, they come if they want to. We have developed a unique approach to working with young people. This is a holistic approach using a combination of different disciplines.