The service, run by not-for-profit Brighter Futures for Children since December 2018, is now judged "requires improvement to be good" in all areas following a September Ofsted inspection.
After receiving the inspectorate's lowest rating in 2016, there is now "evidence of improvement in most areas of practice", according to the latest report published this week.
Inspectors comment positively on collaborative working between Brighter Futures for Children and the borough council, and how appropriate arrangements for scrutiny and challenge have been put in place.
However, since the downgrade, better progress has been hampered by "frequent, and often sudden" changes in senior leadership, as well as a "legacy of weak practice" and a high turnover of frontline staff.
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