Ofsted inspectors who carried out an unannounced inspection last month acknowledged that improvements had been made to safeguarding services but found that a number of problems still remain.
Poor decision making regarding children at risk of harm was highlighted as an area for priority action and inspectors said eight other areas were in need of development.
The electronic recording system is still "underdeveloped" and has no clear audit trail of decisions. This makes evaluating performance difficult for managers.
Quality checking procedures are in place but have not yet been linked in with the work of the area's Local Safeguarding Children Board.
Inspectors also found that some staff were still not receiving formal supervision and support. As a result "poor performance is not being consistently identified and challenged".
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