Northamptonshire County Council needs to make £60-70m worth of savings in 2018/19 and is currently under threat of being axed due to its financial plight.
The government has recommended the local authority be split into two separate authorities and has also banned it from any new spending, except on safeguarding vulnerable children and adults.
However, a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says that reorganisation could worsen the delivery of children's social care, as some services are better provided county-wide.
"It is important to recognise that the move to two unitaries could also be a major disruption," states the report.
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