A new report by the Care Quality Commission says more improvement is needed at the NHS Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust.
The CQC has highlighted several of its services as "good", but has given it an overall rating of "requires improvement".
More than 60 planned inspections were carried out in November last year, by 85 different inspectors.
Dr Sara Munro, Director of Quality and Nursing for CPFT said: “We are very proud of our staff, who without exception have shown themselves to be caring, compassionate and kind.
"Our staff work extremely hard in challenging circumstances and it’s a testament to them that every single service has been rated as ‘good’ around caring. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for everything they do for the people of Cumbria.
“Many of the issues that the CQC picked up such as appraisals, training and policies we were aware of and already had plans in place to resolve these over the coming year.
"Since the inspection we have also appointed to all of the safeguarding positions and are implementing plans to ensure our staff are fully aware of this through regular supervision. We are also reviewing the learning disability service inpatient model and are developing plans to improve the uptake of mental capacity act training.”
Claire Molloy, Chief Executive of CPFT said: “The report highlighted that the Trust has a clear strategy, underpinned by our values – kindness, fairness, ambition and spirit. It was also recognised that there is evidence of a change in culture throughout the organisation, which is very encouraging and also aligns with the findings of the NHS National Staff Survey.
"We always welcome the opportunity to improve our services and the way we operate and we acknowledge that there are clearly areas where improvements are required. However, we are disappointed with some of the judgements within this report, particularly within community children’s services.
"For example, although the named safeguarding nurse post was vacant at the time of the inspection, we did have cover arrangements in place and the post is now filled so we are disappointed that the final judgements don’t reflect that.
"However, we now must focus our efforts on making changes across the Trust and our services to reflect the feedback from the CQC – ultimately this is an opportunity for us to ensure that we are providing the best possible health care to the people of Cumbria.”