Under government plans to improve services at Doncaster, child protection services will be transferred from the council to an independent trust for a period of up to 10 years, with a review after five years.
The transfer is being overseen jointly by Doncaster Council and a government-appointed commissioner - the current director of children's services at Hackney, Alan Wood.
But a progress report by Doncaster Council has raised concerns about some of the deadlines involved.
A "memorandum of understanding" that has been agreed between the authority and the Department for Education, states that the authority and the commissioner must decide together by 20 December which functions and members of council staff will transfer to the trust.
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