An inspection conducted by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission in April identified problems with the quality of safeguarding provision, contribution of health agencies to keeping children safe, and performance management and quality assurance processes.
The report stated: “Senior leaders and managers have agreed plans and appropriate priorities are in place across the partnership which are focused on improving outcomes for children and young people in Cumbria.
“However, plans have not been sufficiently progressed to demonstrate that effective provision is in place to consistently meet the needs of children and young people.”
The inspectors found that the common assessment framework was not being used effectively to prevent higher scale interventions and despite steps taken by the local safeguarding children board (LSCB), improvements had not been made because of a lack of oversight from the LSCB.
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