Sefton's children's services praised for 'significant turnaround'
Atkinson said the council had "worked tirelessly to build a children's services in Sefton that our families, children and young people deserve".She said the Ofsted rating confirms that "our children are now safer, better supported and more empowered".Last year Ofsted carried out two monitoring visits which identified "widespread failures" in the department.It described the inspection as "bleak" with highly vulnerable children being left at risk of serious harm."This report marks a significant turnaround from the previous rating," said Atkinson.Despite the improvement, Ofsted highlighted the need for improvement in areas like the use of multi-agency information when responding to safeguarding concerns and the quality of record-keeping.
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