In a review of the region's Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service published this week, Ofsted inspectors said records of cases were still not consistent.
Inspectors also raised concerns that proper analysis of the needs and risks facing children was not evident in recordings of interviews.
The report criticised the service for being guided by "practitioners' personal preferences" rather than a common assessment framework.
It states: "The assessment framework is not in place and Cafcass acknowledges that service users are still not consistently informed of the content of reports."
But the report praised the "good" progress made in ensuring that staff respect the privacy and dignity of families. In the previous report inspectors had raised concerns that confidential information had been shared with schools and unnecesarily included in reports.
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