Birmingham Children's Trust was launched in April to improve standards within the council's children's services department, which have been rated as "inadequate" since 2009.
But in the second monitoring visit since the trust took over provision, inspectors found that in some neglect cases social workers are over-optimistic about the welfare of the child, which is preventing swift decisions being made around further intervention.
Concerns also remain around the evaluation of social work practice. While a new evaluation process has been set up inspectors say that more work is required to ensure the trust can effectively measure performance and learn from its findings.
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