A focused visit to Cambridgeshire County Council by Ofsted found that high turnover, vacancies and absences among social workers in some districts means children in need or on child protection plans are not being seen regularly enough.
Inspectors added that the staffing issues at the council, which was rated "good" overall at its last inspection, are leading to children experiencing too many changes of social workers and children's records not being kept up to date.
Ofsted found that visits to children in need are mostly carried out in line with minimum statutory requirements rather than the needs of individual children. In addition, some child protection plans are process- rather than child-driven and lacked timescales for action.
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