Recovery Room Specialist

Kansas City Public Schools

Recovery Room Specialist

Job Title Code: 02266

Salary Grade: J61 ($23.50 - $36.07)

Department: School Leadership

Reports To: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

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.

What You'll Be Doing: (Responsibilities)

Behavior Intervention and Support

• 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.

Student and Family Support

• 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 recommend recognition for student successes.

Data and Reporting

• 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.

Collaboration and Administration

• 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.

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To: (Minimum Qualifications)

• 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.

Physical Demands: 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.