The inspectorate found that key progress has been made by a new senior management team put in place in recent months, and since the department last received Ofsted's lowest rating in 2013.
Following a full inspection in 2016, the county's children's services were upgraded to "requires improvement".
However, a "range of significant weaknesses in services whose effectiveness is central to protecting children" was identified as ongoing during the two June 2019 visits.
The report, published today, states: "There are highly vulnerable children in care who are living in unregulated placements that are unsafe and unsuitable.
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