The Advice Shop is a free, impartial and confidential service to help the people of West Lothian with a focus to alleviate poverty, promote inclusion and equality through advice, assistance and advocacy in the areas of welfare benefits, housing, energy and money advice. The main function of this role is to help mitigate the impact of poverty on children and young people by providing a holistic advice and income maximisation service within school settings, as well as supporting other professionals who work with the target group. This role will provide a targeted service for parents and young people and will involve working in partnership with a range of community planning partners to ensure that the customer is at the centre of a high-quality advice service. This role is key in helping to mitigate child poverty at a local level, the actions and outcomes aligned to this role will support the local child poverty action plan.