Nicole Erpelding

I am an active learner. I learned quickly and enjoy doing new things and expanding my abilities.

Caregiver at Right at Home (2024-03 – Present)

Taking care of activities of daily living. Cleaning, running errands, transportation, transfers, and companionship.

Family Support Worker at Guardian Light Family Services (2024-07 – 2025-05)

• Observed visits between parents and children.
• Took notes and used Apricot for documenting notes.
• Monthly training.
• Team meetings with parents and their team of support to see where they are.
• Picked up and helped transport children from pick up point/fosters and drop them off with foster family.

Internship at Kearney Housing Agency (2023-01 – 2023-05)

• Follow, observe, and do the paperwork involving Family Self Sufficiency program.
• Watched Webinars.
• Served lunch @ Kearney Manor.
• Did activities with residents @ Kearney Manor.
• Created activities for crafts.
• Sat in on appointments and observed and co-led them.
• Did appointments on budgeting.
• Participated in company meetings (staff and policy).
• Lead on appointments supervised and unsupervised for month income checks.
• Filled out paperwork, typed letter, mailed letter.

Cashier at Raising Canes (2021-11 – 2024-10)

• Taking orders from customers.
• Checking orders to make sure they're correct before giving them to the customer.
• Cleaning tables and chairs/sweeping and mopping floors/dumping trash as needed.
• Working in the drive-through, taking orders, making drinks, checking orders, and handing out food.
• Prepping lemonade from scratch (cutting lemons and juicing them), making sugar water.
• Making coleslaw by mixing salad and sauce and portioning into cups.
• Portion sauce into cups.

Practicum/Employment/Volunteer at Jubilee Center (2018-01 – 2020-11)

Did practicum hours then employment then volunteer then employment again.

• Assisted with paperwork for food pantry and cash assistance.
• Help stock shelves with food and other items.
• Built food boxes for clients.
• Worked on thrift store side stocking, going through donations, and cashing out customers with multiple forms of payment.

Work Study at Central Community College (2018-08 – 2020-03)

• Assisting in the career and transfer department.
• Organizing files and filing files.
• Greeting and helping students sign in for appointments or scheduling appointments.
• Using a mass texting app to send messages to advisees.
• Decorating and updating information in the offices.

Summer Position at Ace Irrigation (2019-06 – 2019-08)

Running molders to make parts.

Cook at YRTC (2016-06 – 2017-11)

Cooked and prepared meals. Started work at age 15.

Bachelor's degree in Social Work – University of Nebraska at Kearney (2021 – 2023)

Associate's degree in Human Service Generalist – Central Community College (2017 – 2019)