A monitoring visit by the inspectorate - the second since the local authority was rated "inadequate" for overall effectiveness for a second time in July 2018 - also found that management oversight and quality assurance were not robust enough to identify and address weaknesses in practice.
Children's services in Sunderland are delivered by Together for Children (TfC), which was set up by Sunderland City Council after the services were found to be inadequate at an inspection in July 2015.
In its latest monitoring report, Ofsted states that unless there is an obvious risk, children are not always protected from harm.
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