Recovery Room Specialist- Northeast High School

Overview

Position Summary The Recovery Room Specialist supports school administrators and staff in addressing student behavior and related challenges to ensure a positive learning environment. This role implements behavior intervention strategies, monitors school-wide referral processes, and provides support to students and families, including enrollment, wrap-around services, and transitions.

Location and Title Kansas City Public Schools — Recovery Room Specialist - East High

Job Title Code: 02266

Salary Grade: J61 starting at $23.50

Department: School Leadership

Reports To: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

• Counsel students at risk and those referred for behavioral issues.
• Monitor and implement interventions for students with severe behavioral issues.
• Provide individual and group training on behavior modification techniques.
• Conduct conflict mediations among students.
• Assist with redirecting and de-escalating crisis behaviors.
• Collaborate with the PBIS team to design and implement behavior plans.

• Meet with enrolling families to assess support needs.
• Conduct home visits to address student behavior and academics.
• Serve as a school liaison to parents regarding behavioral concerns.
• Coordinate wrap-around services and collaborate with agencies.
• Support students in academic goal setting and progress monitoring.
• Document and recognize student successes.

• Collect, document, and write data, reports, and child records for behavior intervention planning.
• Provide monthly referral reports to school administrators.
• Monitor the effectiveness of behavior management techniques.
• Track outcomes for sharing best practices.

• Coordinate case supervision and student interventions.
• Communicate with children, families, staff, and agencies.
• Confer with program specialists for assessments and documentation.
• Maintain a productive daily schedule for reports and activities.
• Participate in meetings, committees, and workshops.
• Be active in building-wide culture and climate implementation of PBIS.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, or a related Social Science field, OR 3 years of experience working with at-risk children.
• Experience working with student discipline, special education, and behavior intervention.
• Excellent communication and rapport-building skills with students, staff, families, and agencies.
• Accessible transportation for home visits and agency meetings.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands and fingers, reach, bend, stoop, and lift at least ten pounds. Job requires occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

10.5 months, 7.5 hours per day.

Health and Dental Insurance are provided. KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9.0% contribution is required from employees;
Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.

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