Inspectors visited the council, which has been rated inadequate by Ofsted in all six of its inspections since 2009, to examine its efforts to improve services for children with disabilities and child in need plans.
They found that while "considerable work" still needs to be done the authority was making progress as a result of reduced social worker caseloads and a more stable workforce. Birmingham children's services are due to be taken over by an independent trust in April 2018.
The monitoring visit report said the more manageable caseloads had enabled social workers to regularly visit families and do more direct work to understand the wishes and feelings of children and young people.
Meanwhile, thresholds for intervention were being applied appropriately and regular reassessments of child in need cases were happening in most instances, leading to "a more robust response to changing need than seen previously".
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