Any social workers? on here need advice

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Have posted about my niece before but things have changed now.
She has been in foster care with her two half siblings for over a year. They have tried to have them adopted as a three but no one has come forward. My mum (her grandma) has agreed to have my niece so she will be going to live with her soon. What happens in regards to the parents are they allowed to see her? My brother is a heroin addict and her mum has failed every single drug test for cocaine and cannabis. She has also failed to keep the kids safe lying to social services about violence in her relationship.

My mum is worried that her mum will just turn up and want to take her out.

What contact arrangements are in place now?

Just in case you can't get back to the thread right away.

Normally the contact arrangements would continue. So if they are taking place in a contact centre, that must continue, because they are Court ordered.

Your Mum will be told to phone the Police, if the Parents turn up at the house. She must not open the door or engage.

If your Mum is approached at the School/Street, she must not engage and if not left alone, must phone the Police.

That way an order will be made by the Court and it becomes an arrestable offence.

The SW should lay out your Mum's Safeguarding duties and contact with the Parents will be included.

If your Mum can't safeguard them, she will have them removed.

If the placement goes well, your Mum can apply for an order, similar to an adoption and contact may stop, other than letters with the Parents.

Your Mum will have to engage with SS, attend meetings, or give a written statement, if ever needed.

Is it just one Niece that she's taking? She may have to follow a judges order for Sibling contact, which can just be a meet up at a park, to suit everyone.