Disclosure Scotland hasassigned additional staff to complete the processing of these outstandingapplications.Local authorities and otheremployers are best placed to make decisions about the appointment ofindividuals to posts which involve working with children and vulnerable adults.Appointments to such positions need to be considered very carefully and a rangeof pre-employment checks, including a criminal record check, should be carriedout.Where, in exceptionalcircumstances, an employer feels it is essential to appoint an individual tosuch a post pending receipt of a disclosure from Disclosure Scotland, but afterall other pre-appointment checks are completed, the employer should considerappointing the individual on a temporary contract and ensure that the personconcerned does not work unsupervised when dealing with children or vulnerableadults.