The concerns are highlighted in a Department for Education-commissioned report examining the trust's progress on improving the town's "inadequate"-rated children's services.
The report says that senior staff within the trust feel that "the extent of historic challenges" in the service mean that the speed of improvements expected by the DfE and Ofsted are unrealistic.
"Staff across the trust thought the trust needs time for the changes it has implemented to bed in across the organisation, particularly the change to the hub model and systemic practice and the shift in working culture," the report states.
It adds that the trust is also finding the ongoing scrutiny of the service by Ofsted and others is distracting it from focusing on delivering improvements. It also points out that the trust faces higher than usual levels of inspection and regulation because of its status as an independent fostering agency and voluntary adoption agency.
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