East Sussex County Council has delivered the warning as the council considers council-wide funding reductions, including cuts to programmes aimed at avoiding care proceedings and keeping families together.
Between 2019/20 and 2021/22 a total of £3.65m cuts are proposed across children's services, which is led by Stuart Gallimore, the current president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).
This includes £854,000 worth of reductions to safeguarding services, including training and programmes that social workers can access that target vulnerable families and ensure problems do not escalate.
Under the plans family group conferences will be stopped, as will an outreach service for 16- to 24-year-olds at risk of exploitation.
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