Ofsted found that social worker caseloads at Warwickshire County Council are in the mid-20s on average, significantly higher than the local authority's target of 15 per worker.
This comes despite recent successes in reducing the council's reliance on agency staff and recruiting new social workers.
During their focused visit in July Ofsted also found that managers are having to take on frontline duties but this means they have less time to oversee work, which increases the risk of delays.
Although a number of new social workers are due to start next month Ofsted notes that many are inexperienced.
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