The council has confirmed that 16 staff will be leaving, although 30 employees expressed an interest in taking voluntary redundancy.
Chris Pratt, director of children's services at the council, said the changes would lead to better local services.
"In order to make the necessary service improvements, we need to use our resources differently," he said. "For example, in this year's budget the council approved for the Children and Young People's Service to benefit from a major investment in safeguarding services.
"As part of preparing this year's budget, staff were given the opportunity to express interests regarding voluntary redundancy. This enables us to redirect resources without compulsory redundancies."
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